Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 444-6308411A-CG
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wood End healthcare centre
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Eating Disorders Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team. If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
Candidate Information Pack - final version - digital (canva.com)
Job overview
RISE, the mental health and wellbeing service for children and young people across Coventry and Warwickshire are looking for Nurses to join the eating disorder and Home Intervention Service. The Eating Disorder Team has seen significant growth and now have a Home Treatment offer. Care will be delivered in our clinics and young people’s homes. We are seeking applicants to Nurse posts to support with the delivery of this service.
Main duties of the job
The Eating Disorder Team offer specialised Eating Disorder Intervention and care to Children and Young People across Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Home Treatment offer will primarily support young people around mealtimes and will be guided by their family, tailoring help to fit around their life and needs. Supporting loved ones to understand the eating disorder and techniques they can use to manage difficulties around meals will be central to the team’s work. Building trust and relationships with young people and their families will therefore be critical for the staff involved.
There has been a major growth and investment in RISE’s eating disorder service and due to this we need passionate, dedicated people to join us!
The team will be based in Coventry and travel expenses will be covered. Given the flexible nature of the new service, the opportunity of flexibility for team members will be embedded in the roles
Working for our organisation
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for further information and detail regarding the post for a Band 6 Nurse in the Eating Disorders service for children and young people.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
- Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and theory
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience in an inpatient or community mental health setting
- Developed specialist mental health knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
- Significant experience of working with people with eating disorders
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kerri Price
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Kate Liptot - Team Lead: [email protected]
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