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: 20/01/2025 23:59
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 providing high-quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission 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 getting 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 services 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. In this role, you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9 am to 5 pm, giving you the very best of a good work-life balance.
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 a wide range of 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 services 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 coordinated efficiently and effectively. You will work as part of the Multidisciplinary team and 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 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 skills in clear letter/report writing
* Willing to develop therapy skills
* Understanding of group facilitation
The Trust is committed to providing services that embrace diversity and 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 while promoting equality and human rights.
Please note:
* All applications for this post will need to be made online.
* 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.
* The closing date listed is a guide only and the vacancy may close earlier should a sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible.
* 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.
* If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful.
* Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees.
* If you are 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.
* 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.
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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.
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