Eating Disorders Outpatient Nurse

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Job summary

An NHS Trust in London is seeking an Outpatient Nurse to assess and treat patients with eating disorders. Responsibilities include managing a caseload and providing physical monitoring in a flexible work environment. Essential qualifications include a first-level nursing registration and relevant experience in mental health care. This role offers competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Ongoing training opportunities

Qualifications

• First level nursing qualification/registration RMN/RGN/RN with current NMC registration.
• Relevant experience of working in an inpatient or community setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat patients with eating disorders.
• Manage a caseload of patients and provide physical monitoring.
• Screen and manage new referrals and field telephone queries.

Skills

First level nursing qualification/registration RMN/RGN/RN

Experience with complex needs and mental health problems

Ability to work autonomously

Skills in written communication

Education

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

Employer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Eating Disorders Outpatients, 2nd Floor, Middle House, Maudsley Hospital Town London Salary £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 12/08/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 6

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role.We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

Would you like to join a progressive, award winning, and multi-disciplinary team spearheading innovative practices in the treatment of eating disorders?

You will be an Outpatient Nurse responsible for assessing and treating patients with an eating disorder. You will have a caseload of patients and provide physical monitoring.

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of the daily duty rota for the service, which involves screening and managing new referrals, fielding telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary.

You will work with other colleagues from Day Services and Eating Disorders Outpatients. You will provide training, consultation and liaison service for other healthcare professionals both within and outside the Trust.

Working for our organisation

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

Would you like to join a progressive, award winning, multi-disciplinary team spear-heading innovative practices in the treatment of eating disorders?

The Eating Disorder Unit (EDU) is internationally renowned for providing best practice, evidence-based care for adults with the full range of eating disorder difficulties. Outpatient treatments include guided self-help, group and individual interventions. We are the developers of MANTRA, now recommended as part of NICE 2017 guidelines for the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa, and of FREED (First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders).

We offer opportunities for ongoing training and collaboration with colleagues across the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences at King’s College London.

Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range restaurants.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be an Outpatient Nurse responsible for assessing and treating patients with an eating disorder. You will have a caseload of patients and provide physical monitoring.

You will be part of the daily duty rota for the service, which involves screening and managing new referrals, fielding telephone queries and supporting the team where necessary.

You will work with other colleagues from Day Services and Eating Disorders Outpatients. You will provide training, consultation and liaison service for other healthcare professionals both within and outside the Trust.

You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for patients and services across agencies are co-ordinated efficiently and effectively. You will work as part of the Multidisciplinary team. You will carry a small caseload as well.

Person specification

Qualifications

• First level nursing qualification/registration RMN/RGN/RN with current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development e.g. relevant training

Experience

• Relevant experience of working in an inpatient or community setting
• Experience of working with people with complex needs and mental health problems
• Demonstrable experience of working with people with depression, anxiety, psychosis and personality difficulties using evidence based interventions and NICE guidelines.(
• Experience in delivering evidence based psychological interventions

Knowledge

• Demonstrates an understanding of how mood, anxiety, psychosis and personality difficulties manifest itself and the impact on mental well-being
• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner with an appropriate level of clinical and managerial supervision.(
• Demonstrates high standards in written communication skill in clear letter/report writing
• Willing to develop therapy skills
• Understanding of group facilitation

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.