Nurse Lead - Eating Disorders - Bucks CAMHS - Aylesbury

Our Buckinghamshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Eating Disorder Service has recently expanded and been given additional funding in order to transform and enhance its offer. Recent exciting developments include introducing occupational therapy and a carers lead role onto our disciplinary team (MDT).
We're looking for a Nurse Lead to join our strong and supportive MDT. A perfect opportunity for you if you're looking to grow into leadership.
Your overall aim is to provide specialist nursing expertise within the CYP Eating Disorder Service and to have a lead role in supporting young people with complex presentation/those with comorbidities, also working between the service and acute paediatric services to meet the needs of our patients.
We're an inclusive and supportive team - you'll be working within a full MDT from a wide variation of professional backgrounds including psychology, psychiatry family therapy, paediatrics, dietetics, occupational therapy and support workers. We're well supported by an excellent administration team and a visible clinical and operational leadership team too.
We'll need you to be ambitious, have a positive attitude and outstanding clinical skills. Some experience of working within the field of eating disorders would be required.
It is encouraged that you contact Lucy Eaves for an informal conversation about the role and the team. We would also be delighted to arrange visits to meet our friendly team in Aylesbury., As a Nurse Lead working with young people with eating disorders and their families, no two days are the same.
Many of our young people are physically compromised and/or highly distressed often requiring input from other services at the same time. The clinical work is incredibly varied but is always formulation driven and evidence-based. We work very closely with families and caregivers and also offer a range of individual therapies and group work. We also work closely with our connected Adult Eating Disorder service, which is co-located in our offices.
The main component of the role will be to provide high quality specialist therapeutic treatments and physical health monitoring to patients and their carers/families using a range of modalities and to support other staff in providing these interventions (either through joint working or through supervision and consultation).
You will have a lead role in supporting the care of young people with complex presentations and comorbidities.
You will be part of the leadership team ensuring best practice and forward thinking.
You will liaise with other CAMHS teams and other NHS or statutory services and will regularly offer consultation to other teams.
This role will require you to travel between community locations. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required., We are an innovative team that prioritises training and continuing professional development with national and international experts in the field. The academic/research interests of individual staff members are taken seriously and supported wherever possible. As a result, we have well-established links with other CAMHS psychologists, the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and other eating disorder services across the region.
There is a fortnightly CPD slot and regular modality specific supervision as well as more formal training opportunities.
Please see the Job description for full content of the post.
Key duties and responsibilities include:
Provide expert nursing care to patients on their caseload. Providing skilled assessment, treatment, supervision and consultation as part of the eating disorders provision within Buckinghamshire.
To work between Buckinghamshire child and adolescent mental health eating disorders service and acute paediatric services to understand and meet the needs of children and young people with an eating disorder.
To provide specialist care to children and young people with an eating disorder within a paediatric setting and work with professionals to monitor the physical risks and provide robust assessments and management plans.
Manage the needs of multiple patients within a paediatric setting, aiming to support the paediatric team to stabilise and discharge patients in a timely manner.
To provide expertise and specialist advice, supervision, guidance and consultation to other professionals delivering evidence-based interventions and to contribute directly to patients' assessment, treatment, review and discharge.
Exercise a high degree of personal professional autonomy.
Make critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job.
Make decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others, and to advise and support colleagues where standard protocols do not apply.
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.
Develop professional practice of self and others, in expert field.
Provide expert advice, support and guidance to others around eating disorders in response to requests from individuals, teams and for purposes of strategic planning.
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+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
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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
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+ Competitive pension scheme
+ Lease car scheme
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Mental Health First Aiders
+ Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
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