CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Community Practitioner

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Job summary

It's a brilliant time to be joining adult eating disorders services as there is currently so much collaboration and development

Are you a skilled mental health nurse wanting to work within an adult eating disorders service?

We are looking for a Band 6 nurse to join North Cumbria Adult Eating Disorder Service (NCAEDS) working within our new pathways of Avoidant Restrictive Intake Disorder (ARFID) and First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) as well as our core service.

This role demands that you use your interpersonal and therapeutic skills to facilitate the service user's recovery from this mental health condition, whilst monitoring the service user's physical health. It's a specialism that is both rewarding and challenging. If you have never worked within an eating disorders setting but are interested in developing yourself and working with a fantastic team, this could be the job for you. And if you have had previous experience of working with people with eating disorders, we would absolutely love to hear from you.

You will be a part of a successful and developing service which prides itself in working with people with eating disorders in the community, whenever possible avoiding inpatient admission.

Main duties of the job

  • Experience of working with people with eating disorders is strongly desirable
  • but personality and ability to use your clinical skills proactively is also important.
  • Over time we expect the post holder to be able to offer specialist assessment and treatment interventions to our clients with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and atypical presentations and their families.
  • The post holder will provide a range of psychological and psycho-social interventions specializing in either CBT-E, SSCM or MANTRA (which you will learn or be trained in if not already qualified)
  • Liaise and develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • will provide supportive community nursing and
  • will need to closely monitor physical health as well.
  • You will be expected to use other approaches learnt in your core training,
  • provide outreach work,
  • psychoeducation and
  • physical monitoring of service users.
  • Phlebotomy skills desirable or the willingness to train

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Details

Date posted

27 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

263-NC23-151-LB

Job locations

Carleton Clinic/ Lillyhall Business Centre/Beacon Unit Penrith

Carlisle/ Whitehaven/Penrith

CA14 4HA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Following the completion of a comprehensive Core Assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence based programme of Care based onFormulation, including to those with highly complex needs/challenging behaviours.

At all times work in collaboration with Service Users, and Carers ensuring that the Service User is treated with Compassion, Respect and Dignity. Assess, Manage and Evaluate Risk as an ongoing process using the Risk Assessment Tool identified by the Trust.

Escalate Risks and Communicate effectively with Partners and seek advice from more senior staff and Teams such as Safeguarding, MAPPA, MARAC as appropriate.

Manage distress and conflict in the day to day work with Service Users who, as an expression of their distress, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours.

Provide effective Care and Therapeutic Interventions to Service Users presenting with a range of Difficulties. To accept the role of Lead Professional as appropriate to the needs of an individual and demonstrate acomprehensive knowledge, understanding and application of the role in accordance with Trust Care Coordination Policy.To engage in active relapse prevention planning with service users and carers, contributing to their recovery, wellbeing and discharge planning.Coordinate any transitions across Pathways provided by the Trust, ensuring high level of communication is maintained.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 20th June 2023

Closing date : 11th July 2023

We welcome your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Following the completion of a comprehensive Core Assessment, develop and provide an individualised, evidence based programme of Care based onFormulation, including to those with highly complex needs/challenging behaviours.

At all times work in collaboration with Service Users, and Carers ensuring that the Service User is treated with Compassion, Respect and Dignity. Assess, Manage and Evaluate Risk as an ongoing process using the Risk Assessment Tool identified by the Trust.

Escalate Risks and Communicate effectively with Partners and seek advice from more senior staff and Teams such as Safeguarding, MAPPA, MARAC as appropriate.

Manage distress and conflict in the day to day work with Service Users who, as an expression of their distress, may at times be difficult to engage and/or demonstrate significant risk behaviours.

Provide effective Care and Therapeutic Interventions to Service Users presenting with a range of Difficulties. To accept the role of Lead Professional as appropriate to the needs of an individual and demonstrate acomprehensive knowledge, understanding and application of the role in accordance with Trust Care Coordination Policy.To engage in active relapse prevention planning with service users and carers, contributing to their recovery, wellbeing and discharge planning.Coordinate any transitions across Pathways provided by the Trust, ensuring high level of communication is maintained.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 20th June 2023

Closing date : 11th July 2023

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Well developed interpersonal skills with ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers, other professionals and wider community.
  • 12-24 months minimum post registration experience

Desirable

  • Knowledge of clinical leadership

Qualification

Essential

  • First level registered RMN or equivalent eg Social Work, OT

Desirable

  • Experience of working with Eating Disorders
  • Trained in CBT-E, SSCM or MANTRA

Skills

Essential

  • Prior experience of providing supervision/appraisal to registered/un-registered colleagues
  • Risk assessment including assessment of physical and mental health risk
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Well developed interpersonal skills with ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with service users, carers, other professionals and wider community.
  • 12-24 months minimum post registration experience

Desirable

  • Knowledge of clinical leadership

Qualification

Essential

  • First level registered RMN or equivalent eg Social Work, OT

Desirable

  • Experience of working with Eating Disorders
  • Trained in CBT-E, SSCM or MANTRA

Skills

Essential

  • Prior experience of providing supervision/appraisal to registered/un-registered colleagues
  • Risk assessment including assessment of physical and mental health risk

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carleton Clinic/ Lillyhall Business Centre/Beacon Unit Penrith

Carlisle/ Whitehaven/Penrith

CA14 4HA


Employer's website

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carleton Clinic/ Lillyhall Business Centre/Beacon Unit Penrith

Carlisle/ Whitehaven/Penrith

CA14 4HA


Employer's website

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pathway Manager

Kathryn Huddart

kathryn.huddart@cntw.nhs.uk

07817291102

Details

Date posted

27 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

263-NC23-151-LB

Job locations

Carleton Clinic/ Lillyhall Business Centre/Beacon Unit Penrith

Carlisle/ Whitehaven/Penrith

CA14 4HA


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