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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health - Child and Adolescent
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
310-CYPF-6280191-B
Employer
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ida Darwin
Town
Fulbourn, Cambridge
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Practitioner/Nursing Associate

Band 4

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and confident Nursing associate/Assistant Practitioner with the right skills to complement our small multidisciplinary team. 

You will work within our newly commissioned Day service and network closely with our existing community teams helping families and young people to thrive. As a new service there will be lots of opportunity for contributing to the new model of care for eating disorders in the region.

We will provide Supervision, reflective practice, training, and opportunities for professional development. We are passionate about improving standards and service user/carer experiences.

We would love to meet you if you have experience working with children and young people with eating disorders but also If you’re an experienced Practitioner who hasn’t worked in eating disorders before, you will have many transferable skills to bring to the role and our experienced team members can support you to grow and develop.

This role will initially be based at our Ida Darwin site in Fulbourn before relocating in approx. 12 months (date TBC) to our Brookside Family Consultation Clinic in Cambridge.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder team to provide interventions, physical monitoring, and co-ordination of care for young people presenting with eating disorders and their families.

Intensively support families, children and young people within the Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa Model (FT-AN) 

 

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1.    To engage with Families and young people where a diagnosis of an eating disorder has led to a referral for intensive treatment delivering person centred care. 
2.    Deliver meal support, meal supervision, role modelling a healthy attitude to food, problem solving and practical assistance to young people, parent’s and carers as part of the agreed care plan.
3.    Provide pyscho-education on eating disorders and support with a range of practical, health and social care interventions for families & young people, under the supervision of a senior clinician from the MDT. 
4.    Undertake physical observations and medical monitoring procedures where appropriately trained to do so and respond accordingly to any concerns.
5.    Assess risk, Plan, deliver and evaluate service users care in conjunction with the MDT.
6.    Maintain adequate healthcare records in line with policy and guidance, practice within professional boundaries and in accordance with code of practice.
7.    Support day to day running of service including carrying out daily tasks and supporting students/new members of staff
8.    Liaise with external organisations as required, promoting partnership working to ensure holistic care and attending review meetings as delegated. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level of educational attainment to NVQ 3 / AS Level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Associate Nurse qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working with children and young people.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous work with people with eating disorders in community or inpatient setting

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Be able to Travel in the community by driving

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.NHS Rainbow badgeStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Prince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nyssa Cooper
Job title
Service Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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