Band 6 Eating Disorder Nurse

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Leicester is seeking a dedicated nurse to join their CAMHS Eating Disorders Team. This role focuses on providing specialist assessments and therapeutic interventions for young people suffering from eating disorders. Candidates should possess a current NMC registration and experience in mental health care. The position offers opportunities for training and development in a collaborative team environment, accommodating flexible working patterns.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

Flexible working patterns

Qualifications

• Experience in community settings dealing with complex mental health needs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people.
• Attend MDT meetings and contribute to formulation discussions.
• Provide therapeutic input for eating disorders and comorbid difficulties.

Skills

Working with young people

Experience with complex mental health needs

Therapeutic intervention skills

Collaborative working

Education

Qualified mental health nurse with current NMC registration

Job description

We have an opportunity for a highly motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic nurse to join our CAMHS Eating Disorders Team.

The CAMHS eating disorder team provides specialist assessment and treatment for young people and their families up until the age of 18 years, presenting with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and ARFID.

We are a diverse multi-disciplinary team, with an established nursing structure, alongside a range of other disciplines. There are multiple opportunities for training and development, and you will be provided with a robust induction programme, with relevant in-house training to equip you to be able to assess and offer treatment for eating disorders.

We also support young people with a range of other comorbid difficulties in including low mood and anxiety, alongside neurodiversity.

The team work in a very collaborative and systemic way, and there will be multiple opportunities for joint working with your colleagues.You will also be part of the wider nursing professions group across CAMHS with good peer support and clinical supervision.

Ideally you will be a qualified mental health nurse with current NMC registration and have experience of working with complex mental health needs in community settings, alongside experience of working with young people.

Main duties of the job

• The post involves providing specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people and their families.
• Responsibilities include attending MDT meetings, being part of formulation discussions, holding clinical responsibility for patients, working with families and wider networks such as social care and schools.
• To provide specialist assessment of eating disorders alongside additional assessment of comorbid difficulties, such as trauma-related symptoms, alongside contributing to the assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions.
• To provide therapeutic input to young people and their families as part of their first line treatment for eating disorders.
• To also provide therapeutic input for comorbid difficulties such as low mood and anxiety.
• To support the duty triage process by offering initial telephone reviews for new referrals.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.