CAMHS Practitioner - Eating Disorder Pathway

Job summary

Flintshire and Wrexham CAMHS are excited to be advertising a Band 6 CAMHS Practitioner post to join our East CAMHS Eating Disorder Pathway (SPEED). This is a full-time, permanent post. A relocation package is available.

East CAMHS offers a 0-18 service to children, young people and families. We provide early intervention and prevention, unscheduled care and a broad range of NICE recommended and other evidence based interventions.

Clinicians involved in eating disorder work (SPEED) across East CAMHS are a dynamic and committed multidisciplinary team of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Family Therapy, CAMHS Practitioners and Dietetics. We have excellent links with Paediatrics as part of our 'hub and spoke' model.

Main duties of the job

This role involves being a key member of our East CAMHS Eating Disorder (SPEED) Pathway and ensuring the provision of a highly specialist service to young people and their families. The successful candidate will work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the governance of clinical practice within the pathway.

The successful candidate be involved in all aspects of our East CAMHS SPEED service provision across both bases. This will involve managing referrals, undertaking assessments and providing evidence-based interventions with children, young people and families where there is an eating disorder / disordered eating present. Care Co-Ordination will also form part of this role. They will be involved in East CAMHS weekly eating disorder multidisciplinary meetings and will be involved in service evaluation, development and outcome measurement.

Appropriate training will be available to support the successful candidate in undertaking this role and regular clinical supervision will be provided.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.