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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Senior Community Nurse - Eating Disorders

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust, Suffolk, Virginia, United States, 23437

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Senior Community Nurse - Eating Disorders Are you a registered nurse with experience, or interest, in Mental Health Nursing? Are you particularly interested in Eating Disorders in Children & Young People?

We are looking for a band 6 registered nurse to join our dedicated community Children & Young People Eating Disorders team based at Resource centre, Walker close , Ipswich.

The role is offered on a 0.95 wte permanent basis (35.62 hours per week )

Main duties of the job The successful candidate will need a level head and be aware of the operational pressures of providing specialist mental health services. As a team we take pride in supporting staff and providing an induction to the area and to people's individual needs and experience.

When you join us, you can expect to be trained to provide NICE concordant treatment to young people with a diagnosis of an eating disorder, often with co-morbidities and complex needs.

Working primarily with children and adolescents, you will contribute to ongoing team and service development to meet the complex needs of the children and their families. The post holder will be responsible for a delegated caseload. Working alongside a multi-disciplinary team you will provide assessments, contribute to the coordination of care plans, providing direct therapeutic interventions to children and young people as well as supporting their families and carers.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining effective working relationships with local paediatric inpatient unit supporting admissions to this unit as required.

If you want to make a difference in people's lives and change it for the better, we want you to be part of our fantastic team!

About us We provide a community-based Eating Disorder Service for Children and Young People under 18 presenting with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and related diagnoses. This role is within our

Children & Young People's Team

providing timely access to integrated high quality, multi-disciplinary mental health services to ensure effective assessment, treatment and support for them and their families.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline. We are an hour and a quarter away from London and our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping nearby, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities It is our expectation that you will be a proactive, compassionate, and motivated individual with transferrable skills or with experience of working in the community with Children & Young People. Possessing an interest with Children & Young People with an Eating Disorder is essential.

Attached is the Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on the role Key Accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in our local communities, click APPLY!

If you would like to have a further information discussion about this role, please contact

Nikki Tricker, Clinical Team Manager

via email Nikki.tricker@nsft.nhs.uk

Person Specification Knowledge Nursing degree or equivalent Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become Signoff Mentor Good to great management course, or equivalent

Experience Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions Experience in delivering group based interventions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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