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Highly Specialist Eating Disorder Practitioner

Employer
Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Leeds
Salary
£41,659 to £47,672 a year pa pro rata
Closing date
9 Feb 2023

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We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated Band 7 Highly Specialist Eating Disorders 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.

We provide community treatment to Leeds and West Yorkshire residents with a diagnosed Eating Disorder. In addition, we also provide care and support with the aim of improving peoples' quality of life, managing their physical risks and focusing on recovery. There is an expectation the successful candidate will work across the West Yorkshire Service Area and therefore flexibility and adaptability are essential qualities that need to be demonstrated.

It is desirable that the successful candidate has experience working with people with eating disorders, either in an Inpatient or Outpatient/ Community setting, as well as demonstrating clinical leadership skills and 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 Trusts supervision and appraisal systems.

If you feel you're 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.

For further details please contact Karen Williams CTM or Kurt Maloney Operations Manager.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide advanced clinical advice & consultation, case management and support to highly complex service users with eating disorders in line with evidence-based practice, locally agreed pathways and NICE guidelines. You will be working across 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 program.

You will undertake, interpret, and act on complex information gathered from a range of sources, including information from other agencies and professionals, using sound knowledge of evidence-based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and experience in applying relevant treatment approaches. You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to develop and deliver excellent care for patients, you will be providing clinical leadership and input into consultations, assessments and interventions for complex referrals and cases.

You will have a good understanding of eating disorders and the impact of complex trauma and demonstrate skills in developing compassionate relationships to enable change.

You may also lead on strategic developments within Connect, in liaison with your line manager and working together with the wider MDT. You will also lead on the development and delivery of training and professional mentorship in your specialism.

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 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 your 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.

As an established experienced eating disorder practitioner you will oversee physical health monitoring and lead the wider MDT to help establish a treatment plans in collaboration with the service user. You will provide training and expertise to the wider MDT around physical health monitoring and complete audits for the Connect Service. You will represent the service in forums within the organisation and partnership organisations in matters relevant to specific area of responsibility.

You will maintain and demonstrate own CPD, keeping up to date with clinical developments & current research and evidence-based practice to ensure own and others practice is safe and effective.

Person Specification
Registration
Essential
  • Professional registration

Experience
Essential
  • Eating disorders experience
  • Clinical experience

Skills
Essential
  • Good communication skills across services


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