Sister/Charge Nurse, CAMHS Eating Disorders Intensive Service London, England
Job description
Main duties of the job
The current outpatient Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Service has developed a unique and innovative Intensive Service. The Intensive Service currently offers the following services for young people diagnosed with an eating disorder and their families/carers:
- outpatient and day patient treatment;
- facilitation / support for paediatric inpatient treatment for medical stabilisation and psychiatric emergencies;
- outreach, and in-reach treatment.
The Intensive Service utilises both face-to-face and remote working to offer a range of group, individual, and family-based therapies, as well as offering time to enable the young person to continue their education. The Intensive Service provides a unique opportunity to be involved in this developing modality of treatment, which provides seamless care for patients and their families/carers. The Intensive Service aims to promote faster recovery, reduce relapse rates, and avoid protracted Tier 4 residential admissions.
The post holder will provide clinical expertise and professional leadership with specific emphasis on eating disorders, and also contribute to the operational management and strategic development of the Intensive Service.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies, and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale, and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust Values and Behaviours
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RSCN or RMN or RN (Child/Mental Health)
- Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice (ENB 998 or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Relevant First Degree
- Relevant post registration qualification/training (for example: ENB 603)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working at the level of a Band 6 in a paediatric or mental health setting.
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with eating disorders.
- Experience in team building.
- Experience of service development.
- Experience of managing a staff team.
- Experience of training and development.
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner.
Skills, Knowledge & Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work autonomously and also make an effective positive contribution to constructive team dynamics.
- Current clinical experience and skills.
- Excellent documentation, interpersonal, managerial and organisational skills.
- Good working knowledge of the range and effectiveness of therapeutic interventions in the field of eating disorders.
- Ability to motivate a staff team.
- Ability to work both in a team and individually.
- Ability to communicate with colleagues at all levels.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to Mental Health Act, Children Act, Mental Capacity Act, including Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults policies and procedures.
- Well developed skills with the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to young people, their families and other professionals.
- Understanding of interagency work and multi-professional networks and an ability to work within that setting.
- Proven ability to assess mental health symptoms and physical symptoms, including the assessment of risk and the assessment of suicide and self-injury.
- Knowledge of Care Programme Approach.
- Knowledge of audit and basic research methodology.
- Basic computer skills.
- Understanding of NMC / PREP requirements.
- An understanding of equal opportunities.
Desirable criteria
- Car owner / driver.
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Motivated / enthusiastic / imaginative / flexible.
- High level of self-awareness.
- Robustness and recognition of own limitations.
- Excellent time management skills.
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.- AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
- By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. Please Note: We are unable to sponsor Band 2 to 4 as the salary does not meet the UKVI Points Based system threshold.
- If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
- If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
- The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
- The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
- By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
- Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.
Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
Please note:
- Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
- Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
- Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.
