Adult Eating Disorder Practitioner Training Post

Band 6 Eating Disorder Practitioner Development Post
Welcome Bonus available - £5,000**

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Are you looking for a post which supports structured career progression from Band 6 to 7?

Do you want to further develop your skills and competencies?

Do you want to be part of a dynamic forward thinking team?

**Subject to experience and knowledge salary on appointment will be considered.

As part of our dedication to increasing our Eating Disorder offer, we are delighted to be able to offer a Band 6 trainee/development Eating Disorder Practitioner post working in the Adult Eating Disorder service in Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire.

**About you. Do you**:

- Relish a role where no two days are ever the same?
- Thrive being part of a diverse and dynamic service?
- Aspire to achieving the best possible outcomes for patients?
- Are flexible and your approach is person-centred?
- Desire to develop and learn new skills and to use these to improve care to patients?
- Feel confident working in an environment that can at times, be challenging
- Considering further development to support your career progression

If so, then this role is for you

About the role

You will be part of the Eating Disorder community team (Stafford base) and will work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary team. You will be supported to complete a number of NICE guidance Therapies. Opportunity for career progression and upon successful completion of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Eating Disorders (CBT-ED) course and has demonstrated associated Eating Disorder competencies, uplifted to a Band 7 Eating Disorder Practitioner. The course will be fully funded. You will receive supervision from an experienced Band 7 Eating Disorder Nurse/Practitioner, during your training.

The Eating Disorder service sits within the Specialist Services care group which provides inpatient and community services for adults.

Main duties of the job
- Provide assessments and deliver NICE guidance Eating Disorder Therapies.
- To work in conjunction with colleagues using a multi-disciplinary approach to eating disorder cases.
- As part of the MDT the post holder will contribute to the development of the Eating Disorders Service.
- To act as Care co-ordinator for Eating Disorder service users.
- To offer advice, support and supervision to other health care professionals.

What we offer?

We offer a rewarding job which will support on-going professional development. Supporting the wellbeing and work life balance of our team is extremely important to us and is approached collaboratively with each individual. Upon appointment, we will provide you with a bespoke induction and training package so your integration to the team is seamless and smooth.

A willingness to engage in on-going professional development in order to deliver NICE guidance Eating Disorder therapies. The service is committed to support further study and practice towards accreditation as a CBT-ED Practitioner.

Training, study and work placements outside Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust maybe required. There will be no costs for the training incurred by the individual.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
Eating Disorders Service is a specialist service treating adults aged 18 plus, both male and female, with severe eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia nervosa. The post holder will conduct assessments and deliver NICE guidance Eating Disorder Therapies.

To work in conjunction with colleagues using a multi-disciplinary approach to eating disorder cases including offering specialist advice, consultation and supervision to colleagues both internal and external to the team and staff from other agencies where appropriate, contributing towards their professional development in this area of work.

As part of the MDT the post holder will contribute to the development of the Eating Disorders service as a whole and to actively participate in the overall management and planning of the service

To act as Care co-ordinator for Eating Disorder service users, as appropriate offering specialist assessment and treatment planning of service users referred. To offer advice, support and supervision to other health care professionals.

**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
1. To contribute to the specialist assessment and treatment planning of patients referred to the service

2. To manage a caseload of patients with eating disorders, and possibly co morbid conditions, in an out-patient and community setting which will include frequent reviews of risk, physical health status, care plans and treatment efficacy.

3. To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of their own work including the management of service users in their care.

4. To organise clinical work effectively with particular regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

5. To provide appropriate interventions to patients, according to the nature of their eating difficulty and the current clinic