Eating Disorder Nurses for CAMHS Eating Disorders in Coventry

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 Band 6 Eating Disorders Nurses to join the children and young people's eating disorder service in Coventry and Warwickshire. This is a full time, permanent role and you will become part of a growing and thriving CAMHS eating disorders (ED) day unit and outpatient service. Nurses who are passionate about making a difference for children, young people, and families, we want to hear from you.

The Trust's CAMHS eating disorders services are expanding, with new and exciting care pathways currently in development. If you have an interest in ED, we offer a specialist and supportive environment to grow your career. There will be opportunities to become involved in service development and delivery across a number of initiatives, and we would seek to work with you to develop your interests within the whole eating disorder pathway (CAMHS out-patient, intensive outreach, and ARFID).

Main duties of the job

• To provide community based treatments to Eating Disorder clients.
• The post holder will provide nursing input into the specialist eating disorders service, acting as care co-ordinator and implementing home treatment support for a defined caseload of clients.
• The post holder will manage clients with severe eating disorders who are difficult to engage in treatment, have complex care needs.
• The post holder will work with the outpatient and day unit nurses and consultants to provide monitoring and support to severely unwell patients.
• They may also contribute to the pathway for clients with severe and enduring eating disorders and act as a link worker for patients who are making the transition from CAMHS to adult services.
• The post holder will carry out specialist nursing assessments, plan and implement care, respond appropriately to crises and maintain associated records.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Person Specification

• Qualifications

• NMC Registration
• Educated to a degree level

• Experience of delivering eating disorders evidence based interventions
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to facilitate ongoing competence
• Experience in the management of children and young people presenting with high levels of distress and risk
• Experience in the management of complex health and social problems

• Ability to travel

• Demonstrate evidence of working within Children and Young peoples physical or mental health
• Demonstrate highly developed personal management skills including time management, prioritising, planning

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.