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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-KM236-24-B
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Georges Turle House, The Courtyard
Town
Canterbury, Maidstone
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Nurse- Eating Disorders

NHS AfC: Band 6

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a Band 6  Nurse or a newly qualified Nurse on a 1 year development program to join the All-Age Eating Disorder Team in Kent and Medway.

We are delighted to receive further transformation funding in the Kent and Medway All-Age Eating Disorders Service so we are extending our service offer to include TWO very exciting additions to our portfolio: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is characterised by a pattern of eating that avoids certain foods or food groups entirely, and/or is restricted in quantity and driven by sensory or avoided consequence factors.  

We are also seeking to develop an intensive home-based eating disorder treatment pathway in the form of an enhanced care pathway (Intensive Care Pathway - ICP). These forms of treatment have the potential to minimise inpatient admissions (including out-of-area placements), reduce length of stay in inpatient settings and improve experience of discharge from inpatient care as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

 

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be a qualified nurse who is  fully registered with the NMC and ideally will have additional post-graduate qualifications relevant to the area.

The post holder will be required to assess and treat all age patients who present with an eating disorder.  As the service is exclusively an outpatient service, the post holder will not hold an inpatient case load, but the post holder will work with adolescent units and adult units  in order to maintain joint working and smooth transition into and out of inpatient beds. The post holder will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings as well as CPA meetings of cases on their case load.

The post holder will be required to hold a caseload and provide evidence based treatment to children, adolescents and adults who present with an Eating Disorder.

The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will supervise other staff members as required. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

There are two bases within Kent in Maidstone and Canterbury. However travel is required across some sites in  Kent.

Working for our organisation

This post will be subject to a six months probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.  As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham Essex

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached detailed Job Description and feel free to call for an informal chat for more information 

 

If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium.  Please visit; https://www.capitalnurselondon.co.uk/how-to-apply/. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly.  You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group

 

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC registered
Desirable criteria
  • Post graduate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working with complex MH with CYP/ Adults
Desirable criteria
  • Working with Eating disorders

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities  Assessment Knowledge of the theory and practice of working with eating disorders at a range of severities and complexities  Knowledge of legislation and guidelines in relation to eating disorders and safeguarding procedures and policies  Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education structures, national policies and frameworks, evidence based practice including NICE guidelines  Knowledge of risk management and ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly to ensure safety  Knowledge of research methodology and outcome research methodology and outcome research design and ability to critically interpret research findings  Knowledge of electronic record systems, e.g. Rio

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic awareness of IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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
Kim Farrimond
Job title
Head of Service
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003001980
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