CAMHS Eating Disorders Mental Health Practitioner Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter: @CRHCareers @WellbeingCRH @royalhospital

To assess young people who present with complex eating and associated disorders to enable early community interventions, and interventions to ensure timely and safe discharge for inpatients.
To interpret risk and need, and implement appropriate interventions ie: embarking on a treatment programme whilst assessing and managing risk, ensuring advanced initiatives for clients with eating disorders are aimed at standardising practices within CAMHS, promoting good practice and NICE guidance compliance.
To manage a case load of client with severe eating disorders and demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
To organise own workload with the support and supervision of the team lead /Consultant Psychiatrist, and in liaison with other team members.
To provide clinical supervision to other staff and trainees in the team in relation to eating disorders. Offer support and peer guidance to fellow team members and wider CAMHS clinical staff as and when required to do so.
To interpret, formulate and implement care plans for formal psychological treatment and management of clients with complex eating disorders, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework, and employing methods based upon evidence of proven efficacy and using an integration of theoretical frameworks to formulate practice.

Working for our organisation
Our vision: Exceptional patient care provided by exceptional people.
Our mission: To bring our people communities and partners together - providing patient care we can all be proud of., We all play a part in achieving this, by living up to the values we promise to our patients and each other. As members of staff we will always be guided by our Proud to CARE values, If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
COVID19 Vaccination
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
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Communications
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Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

To provide intensive specialist mental health assessment and treatment for young people and their families, carers referred to the CAMHS eating disorder service with severe eating disorders and clinical complexity, in accordance with national and local priorities, clinical guidelines and responsive to the needs and views of local children, young people and their families.
To provide a time flexible service between the hours of 8am and 8pm.
To work as an integral part of the team in both clinical discussion and service delivery, and in the implementation and evaluation of specific care plans.