Overview
Join to apply for the Eating Disorders Senior Clinician role at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The Eating Disorders Service in Gloucestershire is growing and, as part of Community Mental Health Transformation, a review of all posts has been completed. We welcome applicants from traditional Mental Health Nursing backgrounds as well as Allied Health Professionals – Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Arts Therapists, Physiotherapists. In addition, the revised posts are offered to graduates and postgraduates with relevant degrees who can demonstrate the required experience and competencies. The service provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder and their families within Gloucestershire. The GHC Eating Disorders Service is recruiting an experienced and enthusiastic senior clinician to work within a specialist mental health service. The service is based in Cheltenham and Gloucester, holding a caseload of 1000 clients.
Responsibilities
* Assess, clinically manage, care‑coordinate and treat children, adolescents and adults with an eating disorder and their families.
* Work alongside other health care professionals including RMNs, RGNs, GPs, Dietitians, AHPs, Psychologists and Consultant Psychiatrists to support service users in their recovery.
* To work with the supervision of the Highly Specialist Clinician and Band 7 Clinicians with patients with clinically significant eating disorders.
* Assess patient and family needs and devise an appropriate care plan, communicating the plan in writing to the patient with copies to their GP, referrer and other involved parties.
* Participate in the measurement of outcomes, timely recording of clinical notes and communication of any significant clinical changes including the ending of treatment in writing to the patient and their GP.
* Provide evidence‑based treatments for children, adolescents and adults and their families as appropriate (currently Family Based Treatment [FBT], and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy-Enhanced [CBT-E]).
Qualifications and requirements
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About the Trust
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was encouraging to see that: 72% would recommend the Trust as a place to work, 76% would recommend the standard of care, and 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority.
We continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to becoming a Great Place to Work with top‑quartile performance in staff surveys and Pulse surveys.
Contact for further details
For further details or informal visits contact: Name: James Lewis-Watkins
Job title: Eating Disorders Operational Manager
Email: james.lewis-watkins@ghc.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01242 634263
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