CEDS Nurse

NHS; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in England is seeking a specialist to provide care within the Community Eating Disorders Service for young people and their families. Candidates should have experience in working with eating disorders and delivering evidence-based interventions in a multi-disciplinary context. Strong clinical and communication skills are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Experience working with presentation of an eating disorder.
• Experience of specialist assessment and treatment with children and young people presenting high levels of complexity.
• Experience of providing evidence based interventions for eating disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to children and families affected by eating disorders.
• Lead and support the service to ensure high quality patient care.
• Facilitate service development as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical assessment and treatment skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Time management

Job description

This post holder will provide a specialist service within Community Eating Disorders Service, CAMHS to young people and their families. This is a community-based post, located within the countywide

Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) Bedfordshire and Luton CAMHS offering face-to-face assessments (urgent and routine) in clinic or within the acute hospital setting, telephone triage, and episodes of treatment and risk management of all eating disorder presentations and co-morbidities.

Main duties of the job

To provide care to children and families affected by eating disorders, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

To provide effective leadership, expertise, advice and support to the service and ensure the provision of high quality care to children and families

To act as a role model and highly competent practitioner

To act as a designated resource to children and families, and other professionals caring for them

To facilitate the development of the eating disorders service, as part of a multidisciplinary team

To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence based practice

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding this vacancy or contact Eleanor Chesters - [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience working with presentation of an eating disorder

Experience

• 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.
• Experience of providing line management and clinical supervision
• Previous experience of working in CAMHS
• Experience of working with a wide range of CAMHS problems

Skills

• Evidence of well developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS
• Specialist clinical assessment and treatment skills including emergency and crisis assessments.
• Able to manage own time and caseload
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Knowledge

• A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback
• Awareness of current national guidelines and policies in the field of CAMHS
• Specific knowledge of pertinent issues for CAMHS
• In depth knowledge of CAMHS issues including assessment and interventions

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.