Systemic Practitioner

We are looking for someone who is passionate, empathic, resilient, with excellent communication skills both verbal and written and who enjoys being part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Community Eating Disorders service in Norwich as a Systemic Practitioner
You should be motivated, have good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and enthusiasm for working with people and their Families.
NICE guidelines’ highlight the importance of both Family Therapy & CBT when treating young people with an eating disorders, with these therapeutic models remaining central to the treatments we offer. As a systemic practitioner you will be joining a service that already has a family approach strongly embedded within it, with this being further enhanced by the current rollout of the FT-AN (Maudsley) model across the service line. As a systemic practitioner you will be clinically supervised and therapeutically supported by a qualified family therapist and AFT accredited supervisor from within the ED speciality. More broadly, there is also a rich tradition within the eating disorders service of teaching, training, and clinical supervision which we see as essential, if we are to maintain and improving the quality of services we already provide to the local communities across Norfolk.

Building therapeutic relationships with people and their family/carers.

Manage a caseload of people with an eating disorder, focusing on their mental health and physical health needs.

Liaising with other health, social care and education professionals to ensure joined up care.

Maintain a high standard of clinical work in compliance with NICE guidelines for eating disorders and the Care Quality Commission.

Maintain accurate and clear documentation and offer clear communication.

Undertake Duty work on a roster basis, Triage new referrals into the service jointly with MDT, carry out assessments Jointly with MDT, co-produce care plans and risk assessments/contingency planning with young people and their families.

Building therapeutic relationships with people and their family/carers.

Manage a caseload of people with an eating disorder, focussing on their mental health and physical health needs.

Liaising with other health, social care and education professionals to ensure joined up care.

Maintain a high standard of clinical work in compliance with NICE guidelines for eating disorders and the Care Quality Commission.

Maintain accurate and clear documentation and offer clear communication.

Undertake Duty work on a roster basis, Triage new referrals into the service jointly with MDT, carry out assessments Jointly with MDT, co-produce care plans and risk assessments/contingency planning with young people and their families.
Working for your organisation

**Benefits included with this role are**:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

We encourage individuals not only to ensure that they are able to meet the requirements of the Job Description, but also that they are able to demonstrate a commitment to encompassing our Trust’s values of Positively, Respectfully, Together; we are committed to promoting a positive culture in the workplace for everyone.

Our successful applicant will be joining an established high-performing Team, who are continually working hard to support Young People in need of our Services.

We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas and energy. We will expect you to want to work clinically but be equally as comfortable being part of strategic decision making.

Please refer to the job description attached for more information.