Community Eating Disorders Intensive Home Treatment Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

The principal role is in partnership with people with an ED, families and carers to assess, plan and implement nursing interventions and care to promote recovery from eating disorders. The special focus of this work being around supporting discharges from acute Paediatric ward and prevention of Tier 4 admissions, reducing duration of admissions and successful discharges.

The post holder will primarily work within the Intensive Home Treatment Programme with the support of the CORE CEDS colleagues. They will hold their own caseload, co-worked within a core team, supported by the consultant psychiatrist. They will work closely with all other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

A key secondary role is in liaison and joint working with other professionals, especially core members of CAMHS, GPs, LEA/schools, inpatient units and the adult transition team to maintain effective continuity of care and to widen awareness of the complexities involved in the management and treatment of Eating Disorders.

For more detailed information please see Job Description attached.

Vaccination

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination during the recruitment process. Vaccination will be a condition of employment unless an exemption applies. We encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19

Making Things Better

Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we dont stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Our Community

We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Aiming High

We were rated Outstanding by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated Outstanding again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJs Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.

Staff and Service Users United

We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.

We are working towards growing a workforce that is reflective of our diverse communities. We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether thats job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

What Next?

If you like the sound of ELFT, dont waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!

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Person Specification

Training and Education

Essential

• A qualification in Nursing, Child Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, Counselling Psychology, Social Work Nursing Registered Mental Health/ Eating Disorders Nurse Substance mis-use or equivalent (e.g. ENB 603) Clinical Psychology Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) Registration with HPC Family Therapy Qualification in appropriate mental health/social welfare profession such as Social Work, Clinical Psychology, Nursing or Counselling Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Systemic Psychotherapy or AFT agreed equivalent UKCP Registered Child Psychotherapy Honours degree. Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Psychoanalytical Observational Studies or recognised equivalent. Masters in Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy: Child and Adolescent. Registered member of ACP Counselling Psychology Postgraduate Doctorate in Counselling Psychology or its equivalent. Registration with HPC Social Work Recognized Social Work qualification such as Diploma in Social Work with an MA in Social Studies, or Degree level Social Work qualification or CQSW.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist assessment and treatment with children, young people and their families presenting high levels of complexity and difficulty, specifically including those with eating disorders.
• Experience of providing evidence based interventions for children and young people with eating disorders, disordered eating behaviour and associated co-morbidities.
• Proven capacity in working in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency, multi-cultural context with varying theoretical perspectives.

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of well developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHs
• Specialist clinical assessment and treatment skills including emergency and crisis assessments

Desirable

• Specific training in CBT treatment protocols

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHs

Other

Essential

• Able to travel across Luton and Bedfordshire

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

BLMK

Eaglestone

Milton Keynes

MK6 5NG

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)