Senior Nurse Specialist - CYP Intense Team 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 and line management and supervision to allocated members of the CYP ICT 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.

This role requires successful candidates to be able to engage in Therapeutic Management of Violence and Aggression (TMVA) training, including the use of force techniques and the  ability to attend resuscitation training and perform CPR. This is because of the high-acuity nature of the ward / community environment and the need to ensure the safety of both patients and staff. The role is conditional upon candidates being able to engage in TMVA training and resus training during the course of their employment whilst undertaking this role.

Main duties of the job

What do we do?

The recommended evidence-based intervention indicated for this patient group is Family-Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders which all clinicians in the team are trained to deliver. We offer systemic therapy, for those who an individual therapy approach is more appropriate. In addition, the Intensive team will offer an enhanced package of care to the young person and their families.  Increasing, support from once weekly to minimum of three sessions a week. This could include physical health monitoring , individual keywork session,  family meal assessment and coaching for the parents, supporting the young person to sustain improvement at school. 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.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

• The post holder will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families affected by eating disorders, as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• To be responsible for the continued development of the intensive treatment pathway offer.
• Provide liaison to GPs, Paediatricians, CAMHS Teams and other stakeholders, ensuring ease of access and support for children and young people with an eating disorder.
• To work closely with the Arc CYP Day Programme to enable the intensification for the  young people to step up. Or step down from Tier 4 inpatients or Arc Day Programme.
• To work closely with the Adult Eating Disorder Service to ensure a seamless transition into Adult Services from Child and Adolescent Services when required.
• To provide effective nurse leadership, expertise, advice and support to the team and ensure the provision of high-quality care to children and families.
• To act as a role model and highly competent practitioner
• To supervise other nurses within the service and contribute to the wider nursing initiatives within the All Age Service and the wider CAMHS/Eating Disorders Service line, as appropriate.
• To act as a designated resource to children and families, and other professionals caring for them.
• To facilitate the continued development of the Community Eating Disorder Service, as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence-based practice.
• To provide clinical interventions relevant to the CAMHS patient group such as: FBT, supportive clinical management, DBT skills, CBT-E skills and other evidenced based models of care
• 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 take responsibility for contributing to research, audit, policy and service development in line with clinical governance.