CAMHS Eating Disorder Practitioner

• 1. Work as an active integral member of the CAMHS eating disorders team.
• 2. Assist in the assessment of children and young people, contributing to formulations and decisions regarding treatment options, and ensuring the fullest possible involvement from children, young people and families.
• 3. Be able to use specialist knowledge to make decisions about a child or young people, families and carers.
• 4. Where required and clinically justified, give advice and training to children, young people, families and carers.
• 5. To be proactive in maintaining high clinical standards and to monitor own performance against agreed standards and policies.
• 6. To use routine outcome monitoring to inform clinical practice through supervision and care planning and to participate in the teams use of routine outcome monitoring to inform service design across CAMHS.
• 7. Provide a range of direct work and participate in the delivery of evidence-based therapeutic programmes particularly CBT-E and family-based approaches on both an individual and group basis to children, young people and families.
• 8. The post will include some dedicated time working in the Home Support Pathway. The Home Support Pathway is integrated within the CAMHS Eating Disorders Service and provide intensive at home support to prevent hospital admission.
• 9. To maintain accurate, clear and timely clinical records in accordance with professional and CPFT guidelines on record keeping and confidentiality.
• 10. To participate in clinical effectiveness activities, clinical and professional forums and report on these.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust