Urgent Search: Specialist Nurse or Practitioner, CAMHS Eating Disorder Team

Specialist Nurse or Practitioner, CAMHS Eating Disorder Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Nurse or Practitioner to join the Hull and East Riding CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Team based in Beverley on a permanent basis.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Registered Practitioner with post qualifying experience that may be a Nurse (Mental Health, Learning Disability or Children's), Social Worker, Occupational Therapist etc. Previous CAMHS experience is not essential but would be of benefit. Experience of using evidence based systemic interventions and working with families is essential and experience of working with eating disorders is desirable.

The post entails working in a lively, busy Multi-disciplinary Team delivering high quality mental health assessment and predominantly systemic intervention to children and young people with eating disorders and their families.

The team covers a large geographical area and works in partnership with other agencies and professionals within the Hull and East Riding boundary.

The post holder will receive supervision, support and training from the team and other providers.

The ability to commute within the service's geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive child & adolescent mental health and learning disability services across the whole of Hull & East Riding.

For further information please contact Lisa Weldrick, Clinical Team Leader on 01482 347886.

Main duties of the job

The main elements of the clinical work will include using an evidence-based model to support the assessment, planning and delivery of care to young people and families with an eating disorder.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For more information on this vacancy please see the Job Description and Person Specification which are attached .

Person Specification

Qualifications

- Part III or 13 of NMC live register or equivalent professional registration relevant to the post e.g. social worker
- Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring preregistration students/supervising staff
- Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Post graduate/Masters level
- Leadership training/qualification/experience

Experience

- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Evidence of development of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
- Development of specialist/advanced level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
- Professional networking locally

Knowledge

- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Basic IT skills
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility

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.

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