Staff Nurse - Eating Disorders

Job Overview

JOB PURPOSE

To provide, and supervise the delivery of high standards of nursing care to inpatients suffering from eating disorders, in accordance with up-to-date evidence based professional practice and Trust policies.

Participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care without direct supervision and to act as key worker with a specific group of patients. Supervise practice and procedures in line with Trust policies. Manage, co-ordinate and lead nursing shifts. Take a key role in the induction, training and when appropriate mentorship of new and unregistered staff, and provide clinical supervision as appropriate.

Main duties of the job

Eating Disorders is a service benefitting from evolution and is seen as a critical area for development, so we have a strong emphasis of supporting staff see their careers progress. This allows for colleagues to move within the service gaining experience, knowledge or promotion as their employment journey in CNWL goes forward.

An opportunity has become available for Registered Mental Health Staff Nurses to develop their expertise in a specialist Eating Disorder Service, based in Vincent Square Clinic which is a 14 bed specialist eating disorder service centrally located in Chelsea.

You will work within the highly experienced and dedicated MDT in developing and implementing care for patients, you will receive support from your Ward Manager and Matron to help you develop your PDP and Re validation portfolio.

The ability to maintain boundaries is required for the post and candidates should be skilled in reflection and understanding of team dynamics.

Working for our organisation

Protected training time –

Experience of working with Eating Disorders is desirable but not essential for this post as we will provide an orientation program to adapt your skills and abilities to this speciality.

We also know that working in Eating Disorders is a specialist and demanding area. We know you will need to develop skills and abilities as part of your professional development which is why we have regular teaching sessions, regular reflective practice and access to training opportunities such as positive behaviour support (PBS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).

Great career prospects – stay with us and we can develop your career either by gaining experience in CAMHS or specialisation into other Eating Disorder service areas.

Hear from our staff what it’s like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please click on below videos:

Video 1 - Click HERE

Video 2- Click HERE

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Ensure nursing practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Mental Health Legislation, which incorporates and respects differences in respect of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, culture and disability
• Develop, implement & evaluate programmes of care using a problem solving approach that ensures the needs of each individual patient are met throughout their admission, including detailed arrangements for discharge in line with the trust Care Programme Approach
• Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, patients and others in the delivery of care
• Participate in feeding of patient’s which includes serving meals and modelling appropriate eating patterns with patients in the dinning room and assisted feeding using Nasal gastric tube or PEG

Person specification

Education And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse.
• Current Registration with NMC
• PMVA or C&R training or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Mentorship training.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience, genuine interest in specialist nursing
• Have some understanding of nursing in eating disorders

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with Eating Disorders
• Experience of working with people with personality disorders

Skills Knowledge And Abilities

Essential criteria

• Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy, using good communication
• Able to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach, which considers the needs of the whole person.
• Knowledge of Care Programme Approach and risk assessment.
• Able to utilise reflective practice in supervision.
• Genuine interest in working with people with severe eating disorders.
• Some knowledge of eating disorders
• To assess care needs, make care plan and implement and review it. multi- disciplinary team.
• To work effectively within a multi- disciplinary team.
• Willing to undertake venopuncture and ECG recording and any other training.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be computer literate
• The postholder must have the ability to understand and implement the Equal Opportunities Policy at a level appropriate to the job.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of recent issues in nursing and Mental Health