Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Eating Disorders
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 310-MCYPF-7326257
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Optional Base
- Town
- Cambridgeshire
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Pathway Team Manager
Band 7
Job overview
Are you passionate about making a lasting difference in the lives of young people and their families?
Are you ready to take on a unique leadership role leading dedicated multi-disciplinary teams committed to delivering tailored, evidence-based treatment pathways for young people with Eating disorders with opportunities to engage in direct clinical activity.
We’re seeking an experienced, compassionate, and dynamic leader. You will bring your own knowledge and expertise to support and develop the team, ensuring the highest standards of care are met through robust governance, risk management, and continuous service improvement.
Main duties of the job
Provide operational management and leadership
Support and lead alongside others on clinical practice
Manage recruitment, supervision, and professional development of staff
Collaborate with stakeholders and wider networks
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- Support and develop tailored treatment pathways for children and young people (CYP), ensuring care is responsive to individual needs.
- Provide clinical leadership by applying specialist knowledge and experience in interventions, supporting the team in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.
- Work in partnership with families, carers, and external agencies to achieve person-centred outcomes for CYP, promoting integrated and holistic care.
- Manage and supervise team members, ensuring they receive appropriate clinical and managerial supervision, appraisal, and access to mandatory training.
- Ensure services operate within a robust clinical governance framework, including monitoring standards of care, managing risk, and participating in audits, investigations, and service evaluations.
- Support the Service Manager by deputising when required, contributing to service planning, recruitment, performance monitoring, and the implementation of service improvements.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification and Registration appropriate to role. Social Care, Nursing, Mental Health Professional or other Health all relevant
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification continuing professional development, management and or leadership qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a professional working with clients with emotional, social or mental health needs and with families and groups
- Experience of staff management and evidence of application of managerial skills and knowledge
- Evidence of successful partnership working with other professional groups
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within Child and Adolescence Mental Health Services
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leadership ability, able to influence, involve and develop individuals and teams.
- Evidence of ability to manage workload and ability to prioritise
- Excellent ability to develop effective professional relationships with others, (individuals and groups), both internally and externally
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing feedback, investigation of complaints or similar
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nyssa Cooper
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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