Eating Disorders Senior Clinician

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Full time
Location: Cheltenham
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Job offered by: NHS
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Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

The Eating Disorders Service in Gloucestershire is growing and as part of Community Mental Health Transformation a review of all posts has been completed. We welcome applicants from traditional Mental Health Nursing backgrounds as well Allied Health Professionals - Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Arts Therapists, Physiotherapists. In addition, the revised posts are also offered to graduates and post graduates with relevant degrees who are able to demonstrate the required experience and competencies. The service provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder and their families within Gloucestershire. The GHC Eating Disorders Service is recruiting an experienced and enthusiastic senior clinician to work within a specialist mental health service. The service is based in Cheltenham and Gloucester holding a caseload of 1000 clients. 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, AHP's and Consultant Psychiatrists in order to support service users within their recovery. Main duties of the job

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) We have a team of highly dedicated and skilled clinical staff and due to a surge in demand following the Covid 19 pandemic we are looking to expand our service. We will provide the successful candidate with a high level of psychosocial training including CBTE and family based therapy. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification. About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: 89.7%

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 73.3%

would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 82.4%

agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; 76.7%

would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work. Job responsibilities

You will be working with adolescents providing an evidenced based treatment and be over seen and supported by our highly skilled clinical leads. We will ensure you feel confident and equipped to carry out this role and provide you with regular clinical and managerial supervision. Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application. Person Specification

Experience

Experience of treating eating disorders in a community setting Experience of assessing and managing risk appropriately Qualifications

Relevant Degree e.g. Psychology in addition to a post graduate level qualification or equivalent experience of working with people with an eating disorder 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.

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