Assistant Practitioner

Devon Partnership Nhs Trust; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking an Assistant Practitioner to join the Eating Disorder Outreach Team on a fixed-term basis until 31/03/2027. The role involves home visits and a hybrid model of face-to-face and virtual clinical contacts to support individuals with severe eating disorders, alongside their families and carers.

You will join a small MDT and contribute to psychoeducation, meal preparation and distress management, with supervision by the team manager.

Qualifications

• Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or diploma level or equivalent is required.
• Experience of working with individuals with Mental Health presentations including Eating Disorders is desirable.
• Excellent communication and ability to work creatively with individuals, families and carers.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a small MDT to provide treatment and interventions in adults' homes and virtually.
• Provide practical support such as meal preparation and dining alongside psychological exploration after eating and distress management.
• Support family and carers with psychoeducation and upskilling around mealtimes and distress management.
• Liaise with professionals across the Eating Disorder Pathway, community and inpatient services.
• Develop and review individual care plans and risk assessments.

Skills

Communication skills

Creative thinking

Interpersonal skills

Education

Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or diploma level or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Assistant Practitioner to join the new Eating Disorder Outreach Team on a fixed term basis until 31/03/2027. This new service aims to increase support to individuals by wrapping around the care provision provided by their Community Eating Disorder Team in a supported way to promoting recovery from an Eating Disorder. Your clinical skills will involve working individuals with a severe and complex eating disorder providing interventions such as psycho education, meal preparation and meal support which will be overseen by the team manager. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be able to think creatively in not only supporting the individual but also their family and carers. The role will require commuting to individuals home's and will be a hybrid model of a mixture of face to face clinical contact's alongside some virtual contacts. Please note this post is only open to applicants who hold a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or a qualification to diploma level or equivalent.

Main duties of the job

• You will be working as part of a small team of MDT professionals providing treatment and interventions to adults with an Eating Disorder in their homes and virtually.
• Interventions will include practical support such as meal preparation and dining alongside psychological exploration around feelings after eating and distress management.
• Supporting family and carers with psycho education and upskilling support skills around mealtimes and managing distress.
• Interprofessional working and liaising with all professionals within the Eating Disorder Pathway, community and inpatient.
• Active involvement and development of individual care plans, risk assessments and review of care and treatment.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Job responsibilities

For more information on the Job Description and Person Specification please see attached documentation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a range of individuals with Mental Health presentations including Eating Disorders.

Desirable

• Experience of working with individuals with a Eating Disorder

Qualifications

Essential

• Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care or qualification to diploma level or equivalent

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.