Mental Health Nurse - Band 6

Job overview

We are looking for a registered Mental Health Nurse, to join our Eating Disorders Service. We welcome applicants who are already practicing at band 6 or those who are working at Band 5 and are ready to progress to a Band 6 role.

Derbyshire Eating Disorder Service was established in 2007, we are a specialist team which provides an evidence based service to people with primary eating disorders. The existing team covers the City of Derby and the County of Derbyshire providing a high quality therapeutic service, delivering clinical interventions to clients with eating disorders and their families or carers.

The service also provides consultation and advice to a wide range of professionals. In addition the service has close working relationships with other eating disorders services in the East Midlands region.

Work will be across the Eating Disorders Team with part of the role in the FREED team, which is an early intervention service for 18-25year olds with an untreated eating disorder of three years or less.

Internal and external training opportunities will be available to help you develop your skills.

If you have an interest in this complex and rewarding work and would like to be part of a progressive innovative and very supportive team then we would like to hear from you.

Please note, if a high volume of applications is received, this advert may close early so please ensure you submit your application without delay.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting position within our team.

The post involves you taking a significant role in trying to engage service users, helping with assessments and the delivery of therapeutic interventions. In addition you will be expected to hold a caseload of service users with primary eating disorders, acting as care co-ordinator.

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be expected to be a good communicator and team player, maintaining good working relationships both inside and outside the trust. The current multi professional team comprises a Service Manager, Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Nurse Therapists, CBT therapists, Dieticians, Occupational Therapists, Support Workers and Administrators.

We have a blended approach to working with our service users with both online and face to face appointments provided. You will need to be prepared to travel to see clients and be flexible to meet the demands of the job.

There is the expectation that you will take part in all relevant training for the post and take part in managerial and clinical supervision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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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.