Community Eating Disorders Nurse

Mental Health Nurse/OT for Adult Eating Disorder Services

Do you want to be a part of an award winning team? Then the Suffolk Adult Eating Disorder Team could be the team for you.

Having just won the 2024 ‘Clinical team of the year award’ and been finalists at the National GP awards for ‘Community Mental Health improvement’ the Team are excited to offer you the opportunity to join them.

We are looking for a motivated, empathetic, resilient individual with excellent communication skills who has a passion for working with individuals with eating disorders to join our team covering Suffolk and will be based in Bury St Edmunds. Our applicants will have experience working within eating disorders, and have mental health training.

This opportunity comes at a time of excitement as we are involved in the evolution of a pilot scheme involving the Virtually Intensive Treatment team and Intensive community support. The Post holder will assess, clinically manage, co-ordinate care and treat adults with eating disorders. Working alongside other health care professionals including RMN’s, RGN’s, GP’s, Dieticians and consultant Psychiatrists in order to support services users within their recovery.

If you would like to be part of our welcoming and supportive team then please do not hesitate to apply for this exciting chance to join us.

You will be required to travel to Ipswich and Stowmarket intermittently therefore must be able to travel independently with a UK driving licence.

You will be required to provide planned nursing care and risk assessment/ screening for patients within their care plan. Provide ongoing evaluation of patients’ needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction through caseload management and supervision.

The successful candidate will have to initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required and be able to work within the multi-disciplinary team and to form working partnerships.

You will have ongoing responsibility for the review of a patient’s care within the team setting and to prioritise and disseminate such information within the team.

We will need you to understand and work within the requirements of the Mental Health Act (1983) and to be able to effectively organise your working day, making the best use of time, geographical distances and resources.

Ensuring the best clinical practice, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of their care plan is essential and to actively participate in training and education.

We also need the successful candidate to comply with all Trust policies, guidelines and protocols with particular regard to community services.

If you would like to be part of our journey to provide excellent care, then please do not hesitate to apply for this exciting chance to join us.

Benefits included with this role are:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Letitia Ward

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