Clinical Nurse Specialist

The successful candidate will:

• provide specialist nursing assessment and treatment interventions for the adults with a moderate to severe eating disorder


• carry a complex caseload as a member of the MDT


• take a lead in developing the nursing service provision within the community eating disorders service


• working closely with primary care colleagues and secondary and acute medical services in supporting and managing both the physical and mental health aspects of individuals with eating disorders


• aim to improve the quality of medical monitoring for people who are severely ill with an eating disorder


• link closely with GPs, CEDS medical staff, acute hospitals, pathology labs and the wider MDT and support network., To take responsibility for making a significant contribution to the nursing input to CEDS, participating fully in the referral and allocation process, assessments, treatment, risk management, child or vulnerable adult protection and care coordination of service users as well as contributing to case discussions and service-related meetings.


• Offering consultations and supervision to colleagues and students within CEDS as well as consultation to staff in other wider services.


• To liaise with a variety of services (including GP's, in-patients' units, CAMHs, ACMHS, enhanced primary care teams, etc.) to ensure close collaboration and smooth transitions and to reduce/minimise in-patient admissions.


• To monitor physical health risks and offer physical health reviews.


• To provide leadership and oversight on physical health within CEDS including to monitor physical health risks and offer physical health reviews.


• To offer flexible outreach in service users' homes to prevent admission and possible disengagement with CEDS.
  
  If you have had previous experience of working with people with eating disorders, we would absolutely love to hear from you!, First degree/equal qualification in nursing e.g. Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) AND Postgraduate certificate level/practitioner level training in SSCM, MANTRA, CBT, Focal Psychodynamic Therapy or systemic therapy, Masters qualification in relevant area of practice., Experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post


• Significant evidence of post - registration experience as a senior nurse.


• Post graduate clinical and therapeutic qualification related to eating disorders.


• Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups across the life course presenting problems which reflect the full range of clinical severity, including a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.


• Experience and knowledge of working with Child Protection and serious mental health problems.


• Experience of teaching and training


• Experience of peer supervision, supervising colleagues in the multidisciplinary team and consultation in other agency settings


• Experience and knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community


Desirable criteria


• Experience of therapeutic practice in different cultural contexts.


• Record of publication in professional journals.


• Qualification in teaching and training, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  It's a brilliant time to be joining adult eating disorders services as we continue to grow and develop as a service!


Are you an experienced mental health nurse wanting to work within an adult eating disorders service?

The post holder's team base will be in Welwyn Garden City but there will be a responsibility for clinical work throughout the county. You are likely to have an area you primarily work in.

Here's what our staff say about working in the team:

"Working in CEDS feels very much like being part of a family and we always have our service users wellbeing at the heart of what we do. Everybody really genuinely cares." (Emma, Senior Eating Disorders Clinician), We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional


• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)


• One of the UK's best pension schemes


• Special leave for family and personal reasons


• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)


• Employee Assistance Programme