The CYP Eating Disorders Team is a multi-award winning, recovery focused, multidisciplinary community team. Alongside our community team, we are currently developing an intensive day service which is intended to reduce admissions and support young people and their families in the community by way of providing evidence based treatment via daily timetable of therapeutic input and meal supports.

As a University Partnership Trust we offer excellent development opportunities supported with regular supervision.

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust (HPFT) is committed to providing excellent health and social care with the vision to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist eating disorders services in the country.

The Trust has an outstanding track record of service delivery and quality. It provides services to over one million residents and is currently rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and committed Advanced Practitioner in Eating Disorders. The successful candidate will have a professional qualification in Nursing and extensive knowledge and experience of providing evidence based treatment for eating disorders in a CYP MDT environment.

The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary team offering specialist assessment and treatment for young people and their families suffering with an eating disorder. This post involves clinical work, supporting team members with their clinical practice including a supervisory role and some clinical and management responsibilities to support the team Operational Manager and Clinical Nurse Lead.

You will be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge and interest in the area of eating disorders, and will have experience of working with this client group.

You will receive regular supervision and support and will be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development and be involved in service development.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 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. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a high standard of service to children and adolescents with an eating disorder and their families/carers.
• The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical/professional supervision of senior clinicians of own core profession
• The post-holder will provide clinical/professional supervision.
• The post-holder will contribute to & undertake research, audit and evaluation for service development as required
• The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development/implementation of care plans to meet the needs of children and young people with Eating Disorders.
• The post holder will provide direct clinical interventions to children and young people.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with service users, Pediatricians, medical and nursing staff, dieticians, parents and carers, social care, education staff and other relevant providers.
• The post holder will work closely with Tier 3 and Tier 4 services across the Specialist Enhanced Pathway including the community Eating Disorder Team, Intensive Day Service, inpatient units, DBT Team & Home Treatment Team

Person Specification

Qualification/Skills/Experienc

Essential

• Relevant Professional Qualification & Registration with appropriate professional body
• Evidence of post registration training in child and adolescent mental health
• Nursing experience with young people with eating disorders
• Extensive post qualification experience in child and adolescent mental health
• Qualification & experience in Clinical Supervision

Desirable

• Evidence of managerial & Leadership Skills

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Skills in assessments, risk assessments and care planning
• Detailed knowledge of evidence based practice & it's contribution to practice governance
• Extensive clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of advanced clinical skills
• Evidence of CPD and commitment to lifelong learning
• In-depth knowledge of current best practice in Eating Disorders and Mental Health

Desirable

• Knowledge of menu planning and nutritional interventions in Eating Disorders

Communication Skills

Essential

• Report writing and EPR Skills
• Public Speaking/Delivering Training
• Evidence of being able to engage with young people and their parents
• Demonstrates awareness of ethnicity and diversity
• Ability to support distressed young people and parents

Desirable

• Demonstrates empathy and understanding towards the difficulties faced in adolescence and for those with eating disorders

Other

Essential

• Ability to Drive
• Evidence of strategic thinking
• Evidence of effetive MDT working
• Effective Time Management
• Evidence of creativity, flexibility and adaptibility

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

5 Forest Lane, Kingsley Green, Harper Lane, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 9HQ

Radlett

Radlett

WD7 9HQ

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