Job summary
It's a brilliant time to be joining adult eating disorders services as we continue to grow and develop as a service!
Are you a skilled mental health nurse wanting to work within an adult eating disorders service?
You will 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 are interested, have never worked within an eating disorders setting and want to develop yourself, have an informal chat with our fantastic team: call Diana Mongan or Tom Page on 01707 364006
If you have had previous experience of working with people with eating disorders, we would absolutely love to hear from you!
The Hertfordshire Community Eating Disorders Service is looking for a Community Nurse Practitioner to join the county-wide team. The post holder's team base will be in Welwyn Garden City but there will be a responsibility for clinical work throughout the county. You are likely to have an area you primarily work in.
Here's what our staff say about working in the team:
"Working in CEDS feels very much like being part of a family and we always have our service users wellbeing at the heart of what we do. Everybody really genuinely cares." (Emma, Senior Eating Disorders Clinician)
"I've enjoyed the team being so lovely and welcoming. I feel part of the family already!" Dan, Senior CBT therapist
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
- have experience of working with people with eating disorders or other mental health conditions
- have the ability to use your clinical skills proactively
- offer specialist assessment and treatment interventions to our clients with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and atypical presentations and their families.
- be given the opportunity to undertake training to provide a range of psychological and psycho-social interventions specialising in either CBT-E, SSCM or MANTRA
- provide supportive community nursing
- closely monitor physical health of service users
- provide outreach work, psychoeducation and physical monitoring of service users
- have phlebotomy skills or be willing to be trained
- hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
In return, we can offer you:
- leadership and management training opportunities
- 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
- One of the UK's best pension schemes
- Free Pilates lessons
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
- Special leave for family and personal reasons
- NHS Car Lease Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
About us
We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will function as a lead professional / care co-ordinator to a caseload of people with eating disorders and associated complex health needs as allocated, taking responsibility for formulation to appropriate care
Will act as a clinical expert in their service area. This means keeping clinically up to date, being able to assess service users thoroughly, plan care rigorously, and audit and evaluate nursing interventions based on evidence and locally agreed protocols and policies
Will co-ordinate all co-workers assigned to his\her service user group and will ensure they are fully conversant with all aspects regarding the service users care and
Will identify the individual care needs of allocated service users, plan, implement and evaluate all care programmes in conjunction with the services nursing team and the MDT.
Will co facilitate therapeutic groups with other members of the MDT
Together with the MDT will manage the risk presented by the eating disorder in relation to physical and mental health
For a more indepth Job and Person Specification please read the attached before applying
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will function as a lead professional / care co-ordinator to a caseload of people with eating disorders and associated complex health needs as allocated, taking responsibility for formulation to appropriate care
Will act as a clinical expert in their service area. This means keeping clinically up to date, being able to assess service users thoroughly, plan care rigorously, and audit and evaluate nursing interventions based on evidence and locally agreed protocols and policies
Will co-ordinate all co-workers assigned to his\her service user group and will ensure they are fully conversant with all aspects regarding the service users care and
Will identify the individual care needs of allocated service users, plan, implement and evaluate all care programmes in conjunction with the services nursing team and the MDT.
Will co facilitate therapeutic groups with other members of the MDT
Together with the MDT will manage the risk presented by the eating disorder in relation to physical and mental health
For a more indepth Job and Person Specification please read the attached before applying
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- RMN or DipHE in Mental Health OR RGN/RNLD/RM/RSCN or DipHE in nursing with significant experience or training in mental health interventions that can be transferable to the eating disorders service work
- Current registration with NMC
- Mentorship experience
- Post registration experience at Band 5
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with eating disorders
- Experience of working in other clinical settings
- Mentorship training Community nursing experience
Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team.
- Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required.
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour
- Experience of risk assessment and management.
- Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
- Understanding of legal framework MHA, MCA, DoLS, safeguarding and social factors involved in care.
- Supervision skills
Desirable
- Specific clinical skills applicable e.g. management of low weight anorexics, phlebotomy, CBTE
- Implementing quality improvement initiatives.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly according to client / service needs.
- Receptive to changing environments and an ability to promote positive approaches to implementing changes according to service and client need.
- Leadership qualities
- Ability to remain calm in difficult situations
- Positive approach to work
- Attention to detail.
Other
Essential
- You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes - including business insurance - is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
- IT Skills; including the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook, entering data onto electronic patient records
- Ability to travel and work flexibly across different sites in Hertfordshire
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- RMN or DipHE in Mental Health OR RGN/RNLD/RM/RSCN or DipHE in nursing with significant experience or training in mental health interventions that can be transferable to the eating disorders service work
- Current registration with NMC
- Mentorship experience
- Post registration experience at Band 5
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with eating disorders
- Experience of working in other clinical settings
- Mentorship training Community nursing experience
Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team.
- Confidence to work autonomously, use own initiative, and make decisions in complex situations.
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive, or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required.
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour
- Experience of risk assessment and management.
- Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
- Understanding of legal framework MHA, MCA, DoLS, safeguarding and social factors involved in care.
- Supervision skills
Desirable
- Specific clinical skills applicable e.g. management of low weight anorexics, phlebotomy, CBTE
- Implementing quality improvement initiatives.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work flexibly according to client / service needs.
- Receptive to changing environments and an ability to promote positive approaches to implementing changes according to service and client need.
- Leadership qualities
- Ability to remain calm in difficult situations
- Positive approach to work
- Attention to detail.
Other
Essential
- You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes - including business insurance - is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
- IT Skills; including the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook, entering data onto electronic patient records
- Ability to travel and work flexibly across different sites in Hertfordshire
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.
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.
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).
