Eating Disorder Nurses for CAMHS Eating Disorders

The Methodist Church in Britain; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Learning & development

Salary sacrifice

Discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 nurse to deliver community-based treatment for young people with severe eating disorders. The post involves acting as a care co-ordinator for a defined caseload, delivering home treatment, and working across outpatient, day unit, and ARFID care pathways.

You will engage with multidisciplinary teams, perform specialist nursing assessments and manage crises while ensuring thorough documentation and continuity of care for

Qualifications

• Experience delivering evidence-based eating disorder interventions.
• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development to maintain competence.
• Experience managing children and young people presenting with high levels of distress and risk.
• Experience managing complex health and social problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based treatment to clients with eating disorders
• Act as care co-ordinator and deliver home treatment support for a defined caseload
• Manage clients with severe eating disorders who are hard to engage and have complex care needs
• Work with outpatient and day unit nurses and consultants to monitor and support severely unwell patients
• Carry out specialist nursing assessments
• Plan and implement care
• Respond appropriately to crises
• Maintain associated records
• Contribute to the pathway for clients with severe and enduring eating disorders
• Act as link worker for patients moving from CAMHS to adult services

Skills

Time management

Prioritisation

Planning

Education

Degree-level education

Job description

This Band 6 post sits in the children and young people's eating disorder service run by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, across its day unit and outpatient CAMHS team. The nurse acts as care co-ordinator for a caseload, delivering community and home treatment to young people with severe eating disorders who are hard to engage. The service is expanding, with new pathways in development and scope to work across outpatient, intensive outreach and ARFID care. Fit depends on NMC registration and a degree-level education.

What the job involves

• Provide community-based treatment to clients with eating disorders
• Act as care co-ordinator and deliver home treatment support for a defined caseload
• Manage clients with severe eating disorders who are hard to engage and have complex care needs
• Work with outpatient and day unit nurses and consultants to monitor and support severely unwell patients
• Carry out specialist nursing assessments
• Plan and implement care
• Respond appropriately to crises
• Maintain associated records
• Contribute to the pathway for clients with severe and enduring eating disorders
• Act as link worker for patients moving from CAMHS to adult services

What’s required

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Experience of delivering evidence-based eating disorder interventions
• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development to maintain competence
• Experience managing children and young people presenting with high levels of distress and risk
• Experience managing complex health and social problems

Skills & knowledge

• Evidence of working within children and young people's physical or mental health
• Highly developed personal management skills, including time management, prioritising and planning

Other

• Ability to travel

What’s offered

• Generous annual leave entitlement that increases with service
• Learning and development, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car, cycle to work, home and electronics, and gym membership
• Discounts through the Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including in-house counselling and an external helpline
• Staff networks and support groups