Job summary
NELFT's Kent & Medway All Age Eating Disorders Service specialises in the assessment, diagnosis and NICE concordant treatment of young people and adults with Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder & Otherwise Specified Feeding & Eating Disorders). Additional pathways are being been added to the Service with transformation monies including an Enhanced Care pathway and First Episode Rapid Early Intervention in Eating Disorders (FREED) and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary all age specialist Community Eating Disorder team . The successful applicant will support this innovative multidisciplinary team in delivering the latest evidence based dietetic support to clients , carers and families of adults and children and young people who access the services. The team is committed to delivering the highest quality service to enable service users live the life they want. This opportunity gives the successful candidate the chance to influence the success of this innovative Eating Disorder service
Main duties of the job
The All-Age Eating Disorder Service is based across the County of Kent at George Turle House, Canterbury, and The Courtyard, Maidstone, with Specialist support offered to the Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital in Staplehurst. Geographically, we support the County of Kent and Medway, so the ability to travel is essential.
You will need to be passionate about delivering high quality care to complex mental health service users and be innovative in your approach to helping us in developing new pathways within the NHS transformation agenda.
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 the post holder will work with adolescent units and adult units in order 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 and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise other staff members as required. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.
About us
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
Starting with Us
NELFT places great importance on new starters being properly welcomed into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will also have the opportunity to meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend several drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for applicants who have enthusiasm for working in specialist mental health services, who are adaptable; enjoy variety, can working independently as well as understanding the importance of team working. You will form part of our patient focused service, providing a high quality, accurate and timely service.
We would consider a Newly Qualified Nurse as a development role. This would commence as a band 5 for 12 months and then move to a band 6 on successful completion of the preceptorship.
For the full job description of this post, please refer to the attached job description where this can be found.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for applicants who have enthusiasm for working in specialist mental health services, who are adaptable; enjoy variety, can working independently as well as understanding the importance of team working. You will form part of our patient focused service, providing a high quality, accurate and timely service.
We would consider a Newly Qualified Nurse as a development role. This would commence as a band 5 for 12 months and then move to a band 6 on successful completion of the preceptorship.
For the full job description of this post, please refer to the attached job description where this can be found.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of a graduate training as a registered nurse with current NMC registration status
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
Desirable
- Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes
- Successful completion of a non-medical prescribing qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with patients with eating disorders
- Experience of carrying out generic assessment 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 group within the service and within related agencies
- Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts
- Experience of service development and demonstrates ability to managing change
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of NHS priorities. An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- 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 risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
- Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings
- Knowledge of electronic record systems, e.g. Rio
Skills
Essential
- 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
- Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation
- 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
- Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant. Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor
- Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant?Application Form Interview
- Ability to plan and organise own workload and time
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Successful completion of a graduate training as a registered nurse with current NMC registration status
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
Desirable
- Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses workshops, study and in house training programmes
- Successful completion of a non-medical prescribing qualification or working towards
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with patients with eating disorders
- Experience of carrying out generic assessment 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 group within the service and within related agencies
- Experience of providing clinical interventions in different cultural contexts
- Experience of service development and demonstrates ability to managing change
Knowledge
Essential
- An awareness of NHS priorities. An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities
- 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 risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety
- Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings
- Knowledge of electronic record systems, e.g. Rio
Skills
Essential
- 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
- Ability to integrate complex clinical information into a coherent formulation
- 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
- Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant. Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whilst appreciating the role of the supervisor
- Capacity to work alone, involving colleagues and manger as relevant?Application Form Interview
- Ability to plan and organise own workload and time
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).
