Clinical Nurse Specialist - CYP Eating Disorders
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area: Clinical Nurse Specialist in Eating Disorders (CYP) - Intensive community treatment team
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: 12 months (fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with shift pattern to include extended hours to 8pm as required.)
Job ref: 395-WF250-24
Site: Waltham Forest Integrated Care Directorate
Town: Barking
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata plus HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Band 7 - Clinical Nurse Specialist in Eating Disorder (CYP)
We are looking for a Specialist Nurse to join our well-established, innovative Nurse-led CYP ED Intensive community treatment service. This is a great opportunity to join our highly skilled, dedicated, and friendly team.
NELFT CYP Intensive community treatment service (referred to as HIVE)
The HIVE treatment model provides intensive community treatment including therapeutic and physical health support to CYP and families within the family home as an alternative to hospital admission. The HIVE team also support admissions and facilitate safe and early discharges from inpatient/hospital care when admission is clinically indicated.
The HIVE service is an 8-week programme for young people open to the Eating Disorder Service who have struggled to progress with routine treatment and require more intensive intervention to prevent further deterioration, a protracted illness, and/or hospital admission. Young People and their caregivers are offered needs led, intensive community support using a blended model of F2F and virtual appointments in a variety of non-hospital settings including our clinic and family homes. Programmes are individualised and include a variety of supported meals, individual work with the YP, ongoing FBT, parent work and close physical health monitoring.
Main duties of the job
As an integral part of the HIVE team, you will be part of an MDT providing:
1. In-reach to the local GAU, supporting the YPs journey from community to inpatient, maintaining clinical contact with care continuity being a key principle of the service.
2. Support established pathways with paediatric inpatient teams for referring patients ensuring appropriate care is provided from acute medical admission to discharge.
3. Enable a greater physical presence on the paediatric wards by HIVE staff.
4. Support hospital colleagues to implement ED specific care plan, especially in complex cases with co-morbid presentations.
5. Provide comprehensive handovers to ward staff, sharing of risk assessments/reports and formulation, meal support on the ward including discussion at the weekly liaison meetings for the duration of the YP stay.
6. Join ward round/weekly MDT discussions to support continuity of care for SEDU’s & GAU as required.
7. Attend weekly bed management meeting as required.
Working for our organisation
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID-19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part-time staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details on this vacancy.
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Eating Disorders Nurse
* NMC Reg
* Skills/Knowledge
* Experience
* Qual
* Exp
* Skills
Qualifications and experience that match job role
* 2 years
Skills and competencies
* Achieved goal
* Achieved grade
* Community experience
Community experience
* Assess level of community experience
* Experience in specialist ED team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Anna Knight
Job title: Clinical Nurse specialist and pathway lead
Email address: anna.knight@nelft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0300 555 1216
Additional information:
Jennifer Danby
Clinical Lead
Email: jennifer.danby@nelft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0300 555 1216
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