Job summary
We are looking for a Band 7 Clinical Practitioner to join the AWP CAMHS Eating Disorder Hub. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, dynamic and motivated team of individuals, who are passionate about supporting Children & Young People (CYP) and their families in recovering from eating disorders.
The successful candidate will be expected to offer consultation and work alongside the eating disorder lead to ensure assessment and treatment is equitable across BNSSG.
You will be working across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire alongside CAMHS community teams. This post may entail travelling to meet the requirements of the role, therefore a driving license and access to a car / ability to confidently travel across the region is essential.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Main duties of the job
To work as a member of the ED HUB and provide additional clinical expertise to the locality ED teams.
To provide evidence based interventions including family based work, parent support group work and multi-family therapy.
To provide clinical supervision and consultation to teams.
To support and engage in research and audits for service development.
To provide training to external services where appropriate.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a specialist clinical service including assessment and treatment within the various Eating Disorder teams across BNSSG, using advanced levels of skill, for families and groups.
To advise teams in relation to service users complex needs and the range of interventions available.
To carry out assessments and consultation to inform and enable comprehensive information gathering to establish treatment plans for service users who present with complex mental health difficulties alongside their eating disorder.
Regularly review and evaluate the therapy including levels of risk as part of the CPA process.
To co-facilitate parents groups and Multi Family Therapy Groups.
Communicate with empathy and sensitivity with service users and their carers, with an awareness and understanding of their problems and, often complex, issues.
To be responsible for own specialist caseload working within Trust policies, protocols and guidelines.
To record service users progress in Iaptus patient records, write reports and input statistical date.
To engage in reflective practice and clinical supervision and to offer clinical supervision to juniorcolleagues, as required. To arrange and attend professional, team and specialist clinical supervision as appropriate to caseload.
To support clinical lead in ensuring the Eating Disorder pathway is equitable and standardised across BNSSG
For full details please refer to the Job Description
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a specialist clinical service including assessment and treatment within the various Eating Disorder teams across BNSSG, using advanced levels of skill, for families and groups.
To advise teams in relation to service users complex needs and the range of interventions available.
To carry out assessments and consultation to inform and enable comprehensive information gathering to establish treatment plans for service users who present with complex mental health difficulties alongside their eating disorder.
Regularly review and evaluate the therapy including levels of risk as part of the CPA process.
To co-facilitate parents groups and Multi Family Therapy Groups.
Communicate with empathy and sensitivity with service users and their carers, with an awareness and understanding of their problems and, often complex, issues.
To be responsible for own specialist caseload working within Trust policies, protocols and guidelines.
To record service users progress in Iaptus patient records, write reports and input statistical date.
To engage in reflective practice and clinical supervision and to offer clinical supervision to juniorcolleagues, as required. To arrange and attend professional, team and specialist clinical supervision as appropriate to caseload.
To support clinical lead in ensuring the Eating Disorder pathway is equitable and standardised across BNSSG
For full details please refer to the Job Description
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Post graduate qualification in a registered profession (for example: Nursing/ Social Work/ Family Therapy) Registered with the NMC, Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), the UK Council for Counselling Psychotherapy (UKCP) or equivalent Registered and working within the Code of Practice for their Professional body.
- Knowledge and experience of working with young people with eating disorders and associated serious and complex Mental Health difficulties Knowledge and Experience of working as part of a team Good organisational, administrative and IT skills
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner responsible for own specialist caseload within a team Able to form professional relationships and working partnerships with managers and other staff Will have a high level of communication and interpersonal skills to carry out assessments and therapy sessions Able to manage and contain emotionally challenging situations.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training related to eating disorders
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of offering supervision and training to colleagues and other agencies
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Post graduate qualification in a registered profession (for example: Nursing/ Social Work/ Family Therapy) Registered with the NMC, Health Care Professions Council (HCPC), the UK Council for Counselling Psychotherapy (UKCP) or equivalent Registered and working within the Code of Practice for their Professional body.
- Knowledge and experience of working with young people with eating disorders and associated serious and complex Mental Health difficulties Knowledge and Experience of working as part of a team Good organisational, administrative and IT skills
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner responsible for own specialist caseload within a team Able to form professional relationships and working partnerships with managers and other staff Will have a high level of communication and interpersonal skills to carry out assessments and therapy sessions Able to manage and contain emotionally challenging situations.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training related to eating disorders
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience of offering supervision and training to colleagues and other agencies
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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