Senior Nurse Specialist - CYP Eating Disorders Service

Job Overview

Welcome to CNWL Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People. Eating Disorders is a specialism within children’s mental health, therefore finding candidates with rich experience is really important. It would be fantastic to have staff ‘ready-to-go', but we appreciate the need to grow and develop people in this field and improve young people’s access to care.

In this role you will provide senior nurse leadership, line management and supervision to allocated members of the CYP nursing team. You will also contribute to the wider nursing initiatives within the All-Age Eating Disorders Service and the wider CAMHS Eating Disorders Service line, as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

What do we do?

The recommended evidence-based intervention indicated for this patient group is Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN) and Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders which all clinicians in the team deliver.

We offer systemic therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-E) for those who an individual therapy approach is more appropriate. In addition, we also offer a parent group to support those caring for a young person with an eating disorder. We link with CNWL CAMHS for joint work (for co-morbidities) and other agencies as necessary.

Working for our organisation

Who are we?

The team consists of nursing, psychology, assistant psychologists, systemic psychotherap

ists, a dietician, occupational therapists, paediatrician and psychiatry. The leads of the service are a Clinical Team Lead, Consultant Psychiatrist, Lead Psychologist, Lead Family Therapist and part of the All-Age Eating Disorder service which is overseen by Head of ED and a Clinical Director for ED. More recent developments are improved transition work, development of an Intensive Community Treatment Team and new projects with our neighbours at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Where are we?

Our main base is in Chelsea (next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital). Thanks to the heavy NHS influence many local cafes, restaurants and bars give discounts ranging from 10-20% to all NHS staff.

Our second site is based at Roxborough Road which has the tube station of Harrow-on-the-Hill very close by, and clinicians typically work there once or twice per week with the option for this to be frequent if preferable to the staff member.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team and helping you to grow. If you have any questions about us and the role please get in touch.

Hear from our staff what it’s like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please click on below videos:

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To contribute to the continued development of the Community Eating Disorder Service treatment pathway from the point of referral through to discharge as part of the multidisciplinary team.

To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence-based practice.

To work with families as appropriate

To provide consultation and advice to referrers; children & young people and their families.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of systemic practice within the service.

To take an active role, as and when necessary, in the development of specialist provision of specific projects and services in collaboration with other members of the MDT and in response to service need.

To contribute to research, audit, policy and service development in line with clinical governance.

Person specification

CPD

Essential criteria

• The post holder is expected to have had since qualification ongoing CPD
  
  

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• A qualification and professional registration [NMC] in Nursing

Mental Health Nurse Level 1 (RN3, RNMH in sub part 1 of the NMC Register) ENB 998 or equivalent

Postgraduate training in specific therapies (e.g. FT-AN or FBT, CBT, CBT-E, AFT, DBT)

Training in Mentorship, Work Based Learning and Assessment in Health & Social Care or equivalent

Post-qualification training in additional Eating Disorders related specialised areas or equivalent

Postgraduate training in treatment interventions relevant to the patient group (e.g. FT-AN, FBT, CBT, CBT-E, AFT, DBT, SSCM)

Desirable criteria

• Relevant post-graduate qualification in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (e.g. ENB 603) or equivalent
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive post registration experience and a significant experience in a community setting in mental health
• Experience of working with young people with an eating disorder
• Experience of working with and supporting families with a loved one, experiencing an eating disorder
• Providing consultation
• Skilled in using outcome -focused resources such as ROMS and PREMS with Service Users, and making use of such information in the course of therapy

Multidisciplinary working

Experience and understanding of the needs of a multicultural population

Teaching and training of internal and external stakeholders skills

Experience of audit

Desirable criteria

• Training in parent management
• Experience of Group Work
• Research in relation to children and adults mental health problems
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of systemic theory and practice
• Legislation and DOH guidelines relevant to children and mental health - Child protection policies and procedures
• The impact of abuse, trauma and other adverse experiences on children and families
• Evidence base in relation to child mental health
  
  

SKills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate complexity verbally and in writing with relevant administrative capacity.
• Ability to apply analytical skills to multi - layered complex cases
• Ability to provide ongoing treatment in complex, often unstable and frequently changing circumstances
• Capacity to work independently, but have the skills to recognise the need to consult to professional colleagues from the multidisciplinary team and/or other departments within CNWL or to external agencies