Job summary
- Main area
- Adolescent Eating Disorders
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-6038749
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Michael Rutter Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 Per Annum inc of HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Clinical Nurse Specialist (N&S OPD MCCAED Outreach)
NHS AfC: Band 7
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S CAMHS) are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Band 7 clinician to join the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). The post holder will play a key role in an exciting new addition to our service: an integrated eating disorder outreach team.
We are delighted that a significant investment has been made by the South London Partnership (SLP) Provider Collaborative to enhance eating disorder outreach provision across South London.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide clinical services including assessment, treatment, and monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holders will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.
Working for our organisation
About the location:
The Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) is based at the Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Young People, Maudsley Hospital, which is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2). Our Trust headquarters is also located at Denmark Hill.
We also provide services and operate across other locations, such as London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark; and substance misuse services for residents of Bexley, Lambeth, Greenwich and Wandsworth.
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 0900 to 1700, giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key responsibilities:
- Assessment and management of young people with eating disorders
- Assessment and management of common comorbidities including depression, anxiety, self-harm and OCD
- Contribution to audit and research
- Contribution to service development and service management
- Provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training to other professionals
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or MSc PG Diploma or Doctorate in Counselling Psychology or equivalent nursing or family therapy qualification . (A/I)
- Registration (or eligibility for registration) with the HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist or equivalent professional registration with AFT, UKCP, NMC
- Additional training in psychotherapeutic interventions (A/I)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of receiving clinical supervision across a range of client needs. (A/I)
- Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients with a range of mental health needs of a complex nature. (A/I)
- Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. This may have been gained through work, research, volunteering and / or lived experience. (A/I)
- Experience of developing and carrying out research projects. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- The Trust encourages and welcomes applications from people with lived experience of mental health challenges. We see this as valuable and recognise the positive impact this experience can have on the work we do. (A/I)
- Experience of assessment and treatment of clients with eating disorders. (A/I)
- Experience of group interventions with young people and parents/carers (A/I)
- Experience of psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of clients engaging in challenging behaviour (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Theoretical knowledge of a wide range of psychopathology and the evidence base for relevant treatment. (A/I)
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health issues, child and adult protection, and equalities. (A/I)
- Knowledge of research methodology and complex statistical analysis. (A/I)
- Knowledge of factors affecting acceptability and accessibility of mental health care. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the potential physical risks associated with eating disorders. (A/I)
- Knowledge of current evidence base relating to the assessment and treatment of eating disorders in children and young people (A,I)
Skills
Essential criteria
- To deliver psychotherapeutic interventions across diverse client groups. (A/I)
- To select and administer specialist mental health assessments, interpreting and integrating complex data that require analysis, interpretation and comparison, drawn from several sources. (A/I)
- To communicate skillfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. (A/I)
- To plan and schedule assessment and interventions for individual clients and groups and carers, and for meetings such as CPA and case reviews. (A/I)
- To plan allocation of tasks to more junior members of the multi-disciplinary team. (A/I)
- Well-developed IT skills. (A/I)
- Full UK driving license
Desirable criteria
- Skills in working with young people with ASD/ADHD and or learning disabilities (A/I)
- Skills in working with young people presenting with risky behaviours such as self-harm (A/I)
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively within a multi- disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate. (A/I)
- Ability to maintain concentration and to remain in restricted positions for long periods during observations, assessments and psychotherapeutic interventions, and to deal with unexpected interruptions or changes during these. (A/I)
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming aggressive behaviour. (A/I)
- Ability to manage verbal aggression and hostility directed at self. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to treat co-morbidities such as OCD, anxiety, depression and self-harm. (A/I)
- Ability to work with young people with eating difficulties in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ASC (A/I)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shanay Dougan
- Job title
- Clinical Nurse Specialist ,CBT Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3228 2545
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