Eating Disorders Senior Clinician

The Eating Disorders Service at The Brownhill Centre, Cheltenham is recruiting an experienced and enthusiastic senior clinician to work within a specialist mental health service.

The service provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder and their families within Gloucestershire.

The post holder will assess, clinically manage, care co-ordinate and treat children, adolescents and adults with an eating disorder and their families. Working alongside other health care professionals including RMN’s, RGN’s GP’s, Dieticians and Consultant Psychiatrists in order to support service users within their recovery.
- To work with the supervision of the Lead Clinician and Band 7 Clinicians with patients with clinically significant eating disorders
- To assess patient and family needs and devise an appropriate care plan, communicating the plan in writing to the patient with copies to their GP, referrer and other involved parties
- To participate in the measurement of outcome, timely recording of clinical notes and communication of any significant clinical changes including ending of treatment in writing to the patient and their GP
- To provide evidence based treatments for children, adolescents and adults and their families as appropriate (currently Family Based Treatment [FBT], Cognitive Behaviour Therapy-Enhanced [CBT-E] and Interpersonal Psychotherapy [IPT])
- To provide treatment for patients with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

The Eating Disorders service is highly regarded and provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder and their families within Gloucestershire. There is a strong focus on specialist therapies in the service and excellent clinical leadership and supervision within the team.

As part of a merged community Trust, the service aspires to achieve more personalised and holistic care and, as part of this, a greater integration of mental and physical healthcare. There is also huge potential for the further development of partnership working alongside other statutory and VCS services.

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Job Purpose

To assess, clinically manage, care co-ordinate and treat children, adolescents and adults with an eating disorder and their families.

Dimensions

The Eating Disorders Service consists of the 3 Specialist Teams: a Day Treatment Programme (DTP) for people aged 16+, a Child and Adolescent Home Treatment Team (ChAHTT) for young people below age 18 and a community team for all ages. The community team provides specialist evidence based treatments on an individual and family basis for children, adolescents and adults with an eating disorder.

The team provides advice, consultation and support to primary care, social care, voluntary and educational staff as well as members of the public. The team promotes an awareness of eating disorders and appropriate interventions to the wider public.

Core Key Responsibilities
- To work with the supervision of the Lead Clinician and Band 7 Clinicians with patients with clinically significant eating disorders
- To assess patient and family needs and devise an appropriate care plan, communicating the plan in writing to the patient with copies to their GP, referrer and other involved parties
- To participate in the measurement of outcome, timely recording of clinical notes and communication of any significant clinical changes including ending of treatment in writing to the patient and their GP
- To provide evidence based treatments for children, adolescents and adults and their families as appropriate (currently Family Based Treatment [FBT], Cognitive Behaviour Therapy-Enhanced [CBT-E] and Interpersonal Psychotherapy [IPT])
- To provide treatment for patients with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
- To make referrals and liaise with the DTP and ChAHTT and other teams within and outside of the Trust
- To participate in the facilitation of therapeutic groups when appropriate
- To clinically manage patients post assessment who are not ready to engage in treatment, but are at significant physical and/or psychiatric risk
- To provide any other necessary support to encourage the process of recovery, working in conjunction with other members of the team and the wider care network
- To assess ongoing physical and psychiatric risk, ensuring appropriate written risk assessments are completed and communicated as necessary
- To report back on serious risk factors and therapeutic progress to the Lead Clinician on a frequent basis (daily if necessary)
- To organise daily wor