Senior Specialist Nurse - Eating Disorders
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity for Band 7 Senior specialist nurses to join the All Age Eating Disorder team in Kent and Medway.
We are delighted to receive further transformation funding in the Kent and Medway All-Age Eating Disorders Service so we are extending our service offer to include TWO very exciting additions to our portfolio: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is characterised by a pattern of eating that avoids certain foods or food groups entirely, and/or is restricted in quantity and driven by sensory or avoided consequence factors.
We are also seeking to develop an intensive home-based eating disorder treatment pathway in the form of an enhanced care pathway (Intensive Care Pathway - ICP). These forms of treatment have the potential to minimise inpatient admissions (including out-of-area placements), reduce length of stay in inpatient settings and improve experience of discharge from inpatient care as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Main duties of the job
The post-holders will be qualified nurses who are fully registered with the NMC and ideally will have additional post-graduate qualifications relevant to the area.
The post holders will be required to assess and treat all age patients who present with an eating disorder. As the service is exclusively an outpatient service, the post holder will not hold an inpatient case load, but will work with adolescent units and adult units to maintain joint working and smooth transition into and out of inpatient beds. The post holder will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings as well as CPA meetings of cases on their case load.
The post holders will support their peers as team leader and be effective team members whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise other staff members as required and have a commitment to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
Job responsibilities
As part of the services' adult transformation objectives, there will be a focus with these posts on all elements of the service, particularly in relation to liaison and collaborative working development links with acute wards, collaborative working links with adult community mental health colleagues and with specialist eating disorder Tier 4 units.
There are two main bases within Kent in Maidstone and Canterbury with a number of outlying clinics. Travel is required across sites in Kent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Successful completion of a graduate training as a registered nurse with current NMC registration status
* Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study and in-house training programmes
Experience
* Experience of working with patients with eating disorders
* Experience of carrying out generic assessments with other colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of the patient
* Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with the client
* Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts
* Experience of service development and demonstrates ability to manage change
Knowledge
* An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
* High level knowledge of the theory and practice of working with eating disorders at a range of severities and complexities
* Knowledge of legislation and guidelines in relation to eating disorders and safeguarding procedures and policies
* Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence-based practice including NICE guidelines
* Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings
Skills
* Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively highly complex and sensitive matters to patients, which give rise to psychological distress
* Specialist skill in the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the eating disorder service.
* Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor
* Capacity to write clear records and observe policies, procedures and guidelines
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.
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working
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