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Senior Eating Disorder Practitioner

Employer
Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Leeds
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per Annum
Closing date
17 Jun 2023
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior Practitioner to join the Connect: West Yorkshire Eating Disorder Service. We are looking for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist to join our award winning team.

The service delivers community treatment to Leeds and West Yorkshire residents with a diagnosed Eating Disorder. In addition, the service also provides care and support, and looks to improve patient's quality of life, and manage physical risks associated with this client group to a small group of patients who are accessing Connect's Enrichement and FREED pathways'. There is an expectation that the successful candidate will work across these services therefore flexibility and adaptability are essential qualities that need to be demonstrated.

The community service is CCG commissioned, and treatment will be focused on recovery from the individuals Eating Disorder.

Main duties of the job

The service have a number of pathways which are tailored to treat our patient group, therefore as a member of the team you will be involved with patients who have signed up to a pathway within Connect. You will be delivering specific treatment interventions on a 1.1 bases, plus co-facilitating group work to a defined group of patients.

It is desirable that the successful candidate has experience working with client group, either in an Inpatient or Outpatient/ Community setting, as well as being enthusiastic and motivated to working with individuals with different and often complex needs.

The service is committed to individuals own personal CPD and you will be supported through the Trustssupervision and appraisal systems.

If you feel you are seeking a new challenge and feel motivated and enthusiastic about this post then do contact the service for more information, and a visit would be advisable

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide a high standard of care to an allocated group of West Yorkshire service users with a diagnosis of eating disorders in the community, as part of a remote working and home intervention programme. You will work as part of a developing multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality service to people with eating disorders and you will be responsible for own clinical caseload and assist the service in providing integrated and comprehensive treatment programmes. Working within a community setting you will assess, plan and manage the complex needs of individuals with eating disorders whilst also assessing for any psychiatric co-morbidity and other relevant needs with the support from the MDT. You will also participate in in the planning and delivery of a group therapy programme which is in line with evidence based practice treatment outlined within NICE guidance

You will work with service users whom has an eating disorder diagnosis and support them in there recovery. You will work in an environment that positively encourages the active involvement of service users and Carers in all aspects of care delivery and evaluation, whilst implementing evidence based interventions to enable change.

As an eating disorder practitioner you will oversee physical health monitoring and link in with the wider MDT to help establish a treatment plans in collaboration with the service user.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional registration


Experience

Essential

  • Eating disorders experience or interest
  • Clinical experience


Skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills across services


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Newsam Centre

Leeds

LS14 6UH

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173-42323-EDRS

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