We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse to be based in our CAMHS Eating Disorders multidisciplinary team (MDT), and work to forge strong links with our Crisis MDT. This includes the provision of consultation, training and attendance at clinical meetings to support the Crisis team in the care of patients with eating disorders. Alongside the link role your experience will be valued through you holding a clinical caseload.
You will be a qualified mental health nurse with experience of working with children and young people (CYP) in crisis, and also specifically have worked with CYP with eating disorders. We are looking for someone who will share their knowledge and experience with other clinicians and provide support for them in their role working with this patient group.
You will be ambitious and have a positive attitude and outstanding clinical skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills which will enable you to thrive within a multi-disciplinary team context and in working with this complex patient group and their families.
Located at our site in Aylesbury, both the ED Team and Crisis teams pride themselves in being supportive and friendly places to work and professionally develop.
There is no on-call or out-of-hours requirement for this role.
Main duties of the job
As the Eating Disorder / Crisis Liaison mental health nurse your main duties will be: To lead and ensure there is effective provision of support for CYP with an eating disorder within the Crisis Service. To work across both the Crisis and Eating Disorder CAMHS services and other agencies to ensure that CYP have high quality effective interventions, with the role providing an effective interface for communication between the ED team and Crisis Team. This includes ensuring good communication with Inpatient Units where CYP may be requiring admission and to support good discharge planning. To offer robust mental health support to children and young people with mental health concerns, specifically CYP with eating disorders and co-morbidity as required. To participate on the CYP ED team's duty rota and undertake emergency assessments when and where required (i.e. community, hospital site, children's homes). To support the development of care pathways, and signpost young people to appropriate mental health services. To provide consultation, advice, training and support both internally and for other agencies. About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:
"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team" Our values are:
"Caring, safe and excellent" At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include: Excellent opportunities for career progression Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Mental Health First Aiders Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply) Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team Job responsibilities
Please see full job description. Duties include: Expert Clinical Practice
Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision and consultation within CAMHS. The post holder will have Clinical Care Keyworker responsibility for an agreed case load of Eating Disorder patients, undertaking CPA, including crisis and risk management. Develop risk management plans, regularly review risk plans, identifying opportunities for positive risk taking in conjunction with the client, community team and clients carers/ relatives/ significant others. Provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals delivering complex interventions and to contribute directly to young people's assessment and treatment. In particular this role will be to ensure there's an effective operational day to day links between the Crisis Team, Eating Disorders Team and partner agencies. Make critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job. Draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills of the highest order, some of which are likely to be highly specialist, acquired only after lengthy training, supervision and practice. In particular to provide appropriate interventions for the patient group such as NICE concordant eating disorder treatments, DBT skills and group work as required. Make and receive referrals. Complete advanced history taking, and physical examinations as required with patient group. Regularly undertake clinical supervision. Professional Leadership and Consultancy
Support and inspire colleagues around field. Set and improve standards and quality in expert field, with other disciplines, the wider organisation and across organisational boundaries. Develop professional practice of self and others, in expert field. Provide expert advice, support and guidance to others around expertise in response to requests from individuals, teams and for purposes of strategic planning. Education, training and development
Contribute to the education, training and development of other clinical staff and partner agencies. Help to identify and respond to learning needs at individual, team and organisational levels, focusing on experienced colleagues, particularly those who need to develop advanced knowledge and skills in this field. Take a key role in helping to integrate theory and practice. Support staff in the Crisis team to develop their clinical skills in order for them to work effectively with CYP with Eating Disorders and to provide training for the team, wider service and other agencies. Work at the forefront of practice innovation - drawing on professional knowledge and expertise to determine how to deal with ambiguous, unique, or novel problems. Generate, monitor and evaluate practice protocols. Appreciation of national and international standards in the specialty. Take an active part of national professional networks in this field. Contribute to evaluation of local services against benchmarks characteristic of the best in this field. Person Specification
Qualifications
Professional Qualification and registration Mental Health Nursing. Advanced clinical skills in acute mental health presentations and risk management. Skills
Experience of teaching, facilitating and formal training, course planning/management at undergraduate and post graduate levels. Evidence of involvement in innovative practice or service developments. Evidence of involvement in strategic decision making. Experience
Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others. Experience of working with CYP with eating disorders and their families. Experience of working with CYP in crises: including those at risk of admission to hospital/with high levels of risk to self. Experience of working within an inpatient setting or working within the Child Protection and/or Looked After Children's frameworks. Change management skills and experience. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum/pro rata.
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As the Eating Disorder / Crisis Liaison mental health nurse your main duties will be: To lead and ensure there is effective provision of support for CYP with an eating disorder within the Crisis Service. To work across both the Crisis and Eating Disorder CAMHS services and other agencies to ensure that CYP have high quality effective interventions, with the role providing an effective interface for communication between the ED team and Crisis Team. This includes ensuring good communication with Inpatient Units where CYP may be requiring admission and to support good discharge planning. To offer robust mental health support to children and young people with mental health concerns, specifically CYP with eating disorders and co-morbidity as required. To participate on the CYP ED team's duty rota and undertake emergency assessments when and where required (i.e. community, hospital site, children's homes). To support the development of care pathways, and signpost young people to appropriate mental health services. To provide consultation, advice, training and support both internally and for other agencies. About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:
"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team" Our values are:
"Caring, safe and excellent" At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include: Excellent opportunities for career progression Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Mental Health First Aiders Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply) Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team Job responsibilities
Please see full job description. Duties include: Expert Clinical Practice
Provide expert care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision and consultation within CAMHS. The post holder will have Clinical Care Keyworker responsibility for an agreed case load of Eating Disorder patients, undertaking CPA, including crisis and risk management. Develop risk management plans, regularly review risk plans, identifying opportunities for positive risk taking in conjunction with the client, community team and clients carers/ relatives/ significant others. Provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals delivering complex interventions and to contribute directly to young people's assessment and treatment. In particular this role will be to ensure there's an effective operational day to day links between the Crisis Team, Eating Disorders Team and partner agencies. Make critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job. Draw on advanced knowledge and exercise professional skills of the highest order, some of which are likely to be highly specialist, acquired only after lengthy training, supervision and practice. In particular to provide appropriate interventions for the patient group such as NICE concordant eating disorder treatments, DBT skills and group work as required. Make and receive referrals. Complete advanced history taking, and physical examinations as required with patient group. Regularly undertake clinical supervision. Professional Leadership and Consultancy
Support and inspire colleagues around field. Set and improve standards and quality in expert field, with other disciplines, the wider organisation and across organisational boundaries. Develop professional practice of self and others, in expert field. Provide expert advice, support and guidance to others around expertise in response to requests from individuals, teams and for purposes of strategic planning. Education, training and development
Contribute to the education, training and development of other clinical staff and partner agencies. Help to identify and respond to learning needs at individual, team and organisational levels, focusing on experienced colleagues, particularly those who need to develop advanced knowledge and skills in this field. Take a key role in helping to integrate theory and practice. Support staff in the Crisis team to develop their clinical skills in order for them to work effectively with CYP with Eating Disorders and to provide training for the team, wider service and other agencies. Work at the forefront of practice innovation - drawing on professional knowledge and expertise to determine how to deal with ambiguous, unique, or novel problems. Generate, monitor and evaluate practice protocols. Appreciation of national and international standards in the specialty. Take an active part of national professional networks in this field. Contribute to evaluation of local services against benchmarks characteristic of the best in this field. Person Specification
Qualifications
Professional Qualification and registration Mental Health Nursing. Advanced clinical skills in acute mental health presentations and risk management. Skills
Experience of teaching, facilitating and formal training, course planning/management at undergraduate and post graduate levels. Evidence of involvement in innovative practice or service developments. Evidence of involvement in strategic decision making. Experience
Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others. Experience of working with CYP with eating disorders and their families. Experience of working with CYP in crises: including those at risk of admission to hospital/with high levels of risk to self. Experience of working within an inpatient setting or working within the Child Protection and/or Looked After Children's frameworks. Change management skills and experience. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum/pro rata.
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