Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 28 July 2025

Job summary

Your role will involve working with young people and their families, providing interventions and therapy alongside other professionals involved in their care. You will be given training and support to enable you to deliver Family Based Treatment (FBT) for Eating Disorders in accordance with NICE guidelines. There are also other training and development opportunities for all the nurses within our team, depending on your own skills and passions (such as FT-AN, MFG and ARFID training). As nurses we have an oversight and participate in all areas of the young persons journey from our Enhanced pathway; which endeavours to keep young people out of hospital; our standard therapeutic pathway offering FBT to our physical health pathway.

We would be delighted to look at applications not only from Mental health nurses but also from Learning Disability Nurses, Paediatric nurses and Adult nurses that have a specific interest in mental health for children and young people and/or Eating Disorders.

The service currently operates flexibly between Monday - Friday (8am - 6pm). We are predominantly a face to face service with a small amount of remote working available. We are currently based in Epsom and have a hub service in Aldershot (currently one day a week) to allow us to be more available for the young people and families we support.

Main duties of the job

You will take an active role in the mental and physical well-being of the young people under our care and will monitor all physical perimeters. You will have the responsibility of managing your own case-load and will be involved in delivering care to our Tier 4 indicated clients, with a goal of preventing admissions where possible and facilitating smooth transitions to and from inpatient care.

To enhance the wellbeing and physical health status of patients on the team caseloads.
To advise and consult with Responsible Clinicians (RCs) and Multi- Disciplinary Team on the management of Physical Health
To complete physical health examinations, report and discuss accordingly with relevant clinicians and GPEDS as when required
To link with Primary Care GPs as when necessary in relation to ED patients in relation to Physical Health and Wellbeing
To link with acute hospitals as and when necessary in relation to ED patients that need admission

This will at times require travelling to and from family homes, inpatient facilities and medical units.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

14 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£40,617 to £48,778 a year Per annun, inc 5% HCAS Fringe

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

325-7316792-CYPS-AED

Job locations

The Meadows Day Hospital

West Park, Horton Lane

Epsom

KT19 8PB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of responsibilities please read the attached the Job Description for the Clinical Nurse Specialist role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of responsibilities please read the attached the Job Description for the Clinical Nurse Specialist role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Mentor Preparation or Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice (or willing to attend training)
NMC registration

Experience

Essential

1+ years' experience working with young people and children or Eating Disorders with clear transferable skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Mentor Preparation or Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice (or willing to attend training)
NMC registration

Experience

Essential

1+ years' experience working with young people and children or Eating Disorders with clear transferable skills

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.