An exciting opportunity as arisen for a specialist eating practitioner to join the All Age Eating Disorder team. This post will work with both the Community Mental Health Team and CAMHS and will based throughout Powys.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 specialist eating disorder practitioner to join the all age eating disorder team. You will be required to work with both children, young people and adults who have been referred with an eating disorder.

You will be required to work as part of a multidisciplinary team and to provide specialist assessment, treatment and care to a caseload of people with an eating disorder.

The successful candidate will be required to provide care to service users within the legal frameworks of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010, the Social Services and Well- Being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Mental Health Act (1983)

You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible in approach, able towork autonomously.

Effective communication and engagement skills are fundamental to this role, as well as a current evidence-based knowledge and a commitment to working with individuals adopting a recovery approach and a commitment to working within a trauma informed model of care as well as have a good understanding of Eating disorder models and Nice Guidelines

In return for your skills and expertise we can offer you a variety of rewarding challenges, continued training and development and the opportunity to work within a friendly and supportive team.

About us

Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.

As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.

To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Professional and Registered with the relevant Professional Body
• Evidence of continous proffesional develpoment

Desirable

• WARRN
• CBT qualifications/Psycho-Social Interventions/qualification
• Venupuncture

Experience

Essential

• Sound understanding of community and multidisciplinary work.
• Experience of working within a community setting and with Severely Mentally ill clients
• Evidence of supervising and developing junior staff
• Abilty to meet travel requirments for the post

Knowledge and understanding

Essential

• Principles of recovery
• Effectiv skills and knowledge of psycho social interventions
• Clinical supervision
• Communication skills
• Advanced risk assessment skills

Desirable

• IT skills and knowledge
• Skills to promote service user involvement

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Excellent organisational skills
• Person centred and non judgmental
• Excellent assessment skills
• Ability to engage with service users

Desirable

• Ability to speak welsh

Employer details

Employer name

Powys Teaching Health Board

Address

Bronllys Hospital

TBC

Brecon but will travel

LD3 0LU

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070-PST036-1224