Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £40,617 – £56,908 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
We are a dynamic and growing organisation committed to making a difference in the lives of individuals facing eating disorders. With new investment fuelling our expansion, we are excited to offer an incredible opportunity for professionals passionate about eating disorder recovery. As we expand our services and enhance our treatment programs, we are seeking skilled and dedicated individuals to join our team.
What is the Enhanced Treatment?
The intensive programme is based off a hospital at home model and is designed for adults needing extra level of support beyond their core eating disorder outpatient care. This programme allows adults to receive intensive physical and therapeutic support whilst remaining in their local community.
Main duties of the job
The job will be within our Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) of the Adult Eating Disorder Service. The postholder will be expected to complete home visits so will need to be able to drive and have access to a car for work. Our patients will have a GP within Surrey and North East Hampshire.
As the ETT Eating Disorders Specialist Nurse your duties are to provide practical support, advice and education to adults with moderate to severe eating disorders, members of the multidisciplinary team and associated services.
The post holder will be a member of the multi-disciplinary adult eating disorders team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning and treatment of adults with eating disorders across both our whole Adult Eating Disorders Service (Enhanced Treatment Team, outpatient and daycare settings). To strengthen and actively contribute to the overall leadership of the Service. To reduce hospital admissions and assist people who are using the service to remain in the community. The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within all the identified services across Surrey and NE Hants, as need arises.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description document attached for more information on the responsibilities and requirements for this job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • To have an NMC Registration as an RMN
Desirable criteria
- • Band 6/7 – Mentor preparation or teaching and assessing in clinical practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Band 7 – Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience, of which include 2 years within an Eating Disorders Setting.
- Band 7 – Have significant experience working with Adults with Mental Health needs.
- Band 7 – Experience of providing nursing supervision
- Band 7 – Experience of supporting student nurses on placement
- Band 7 – UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes
- Band 7 – Evidence of digital literacy and experience of using electronic patient records
- Band 6 – 18 months post qualification experience working in a patient facing role within a mental health setting.
- Band 6 – UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes
Desirable criteria
- Band 6 – While experience of working with people with eating disorders is desirable, we are primarily seeking someone with a keen interest in working in the field and a willingness to develop specialist knowledge of eating disorders and their treatment.
- Band 6 – Experience of supporting students on placement
- Band 6 – Experience of providing supervision
- Band 6 – Good time management skills
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
