Job summary
- Main area
- Eating disorder
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover until end of August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7162999-LF
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maudsley Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Community Nurse - Eating Disorders Enhanced Treatment Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
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
We would like to invite applications for the exciting opportunity of Community Nurse for the Enhanced Treatment Team based at the Eating Disorders Outpatients Department , Maudsley Hospital.
The main objective of the ETT for eating disorders is to addressing inequality of access for adults with eating disorders; early detection and ability to closely monitor some of most unwell services users. It fulfils the service’s ambition to develop a comprehensive community provision, to ensure a provision that builds on, and extends the Outpatients model.
The Eating Disorders Team is internationally renowned for providing best practice, evidence-based care for adults with the full range of eating disorder difficulties. Outpatient treatments include guided self-help, group and individual interventions.
Main duties of the job
As a Community Nurse working in a community setting you will promote and deliver evidence-based care for service users with mental health conditions in their own homes and within a variety of accommodation settings.
Community roles vary and the specifics of the community setting in which you work are covered during induction and will be explained by your line manager and colleagues; this addendum sets out the expectations of all Band 6 staff working in a community setting, and should be read alongside the detail of the requirements for a Band 6 set out in the generic Job Description
Working for our organisation
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer
Some of our benefits are highlighted here:
• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
Other benefits include:
• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full time 12 month Maternity cover job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant clinical experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience as a preceptor / practice assessor/supervisor
- Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
- Understanding of Care Co-ordination under CPA
- Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs without close supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
- Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
- Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management
- Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations
Desirable criteria
- Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
- Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take charge
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
- Mary James
- Job title
- Clinical Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 3228 3180
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