This Band 5 staff nurse post sits on the inpatient ward of the Connect Eating Disorders Service, a 14-bed unit working alongside the CONNECT community team. The work centres on managing significant physical risk and delivering evidence-based psychological therapies through individual sessions and group work led by the multidisciplinary team. The role also involves working with families and developing carers' support and inpatient workshops. It is open to qualified nurses who have completed preceptorship, which the trust cannot offer, and no prior eating disorder experience is needed.
What the job involves
- Risk management, including managing significant physical risk
- Physical health monitoring
- Medication management
- Nasogastric feeding
- Care planning
- One-to-one patient sessions
- Patient group work
- CPA process
- Supporting use of the Mental Health Act
- Shift co-ordination
- Working with families and supporting the carers' support group
- Developing practical workshops for inpatients and families
What’s required
Qualifications
- Registered RNMH
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Experience
- Experience working in a mental health setting
- Experience of risk management
- Completed a preceptorship period as a qualified nurse
Other
- Interest in working with people with eating disorders
Nice to have
- Example of spotting a small problem early and acting to stop it escalating
- Example of offering support to a colleague or someone you know who needed it
- Example of showing kindness or understanding to someone
What’s offered
- 27 to 33 days annual leave
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Employee wellbeing support
- Flexible and remote working arrangements
- Coaching, career development and training
- Discounts and car payment schemes
- Specific MANTRA and CBT-E training
- Induction, supervision and appraisal
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
