Specialist Eating Disorders Outpatient/Community Nurse

covwarkpt; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Specialist Eating Disorders Outpatient/Community Nurse to join their team. This role involves providing planned community-based treatments and nursing support to clients with severe eating disorders. You will work closely with outpatient nurses and consultants, ensuring effective communication and care coordination for clients transitioning from CAMHS to adult services. The position offers a supportive environment with a strong focus on staff wellbeing and professional development. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with complex care needs, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

12-month preceptorship

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Relocation packages

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance Programme discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support groups

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in mental health and eating disorders.
• Strong communication and crisis management skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing input into the specialist eating disorders service.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and manage client care.

Skills

Communication Skills

Crisis Management

Nursing Assessment

Care Coordination

Education

Nursing Qualification

Job description

Specialist Eating Disorders Outpatient/Community Nurse

This is a newly established post providing planned community-based treatments to clients. The post holder will provide nursing input into the specialist eating disorders service, acting as care co-ordinator and implementing home treatment support for a defined caseload of clients. The post holder will manage clients with severe eating disorders who are difficult to engage in treatment, have complex care needs.

The post holder will predominantly work with the outpatient nurses and consultants to provide monitoring and support to severely unwell patients. S/he may also contribute to the pathway for clients with severe and enduring eating disorders and act as a link worker for patients who are making the transition from CAMHS to adult services. The post holder will carry out specialist nursing assessments, plan and implement care, respond appropriately to crises and maintain associated records.

The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of the service to clients on their caseload and their families and carers via a range of evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, such as service users, carers, other teams, third sector and voluntary organisations.
• Communicate effectively across a wide variety of settings, using tact and diplomacy in response to situations that may be complex and sensitive and may have resulted from conflict.
• Provide advice and use their initiative and follow organisational procedures in routine and crisis situations.
• Apply communication skills which take account of communication needs and differences, in order to plan, deliver and evaluate care.
• Apply enhanced communication skills both oral and written to communicate information within records and reports. This may also include the need to respond to and offer reassurance to questions and concerns from a variety of groups, such as service users, carers and other staff/teams.
• Comply with and implement local and Trust policies and procedures regarding appropriate communication.
• Lead client reviews within the multi-disciplinary team and act as an advocate for service users.

About Us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• 12-month preceptorship
• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Flexible working opportunities
• Relocation packages
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support groups.

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Contact Information

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Kate Liptrot
Job title: Team Lead CAMHS ED
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07769886787

Job Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care