Overview
Community Eating Disorders Mental Health Practitioner – based in Ipswich, covering Suffolk with travel to Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket intermittently required.
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.
Responsibilities
* 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.
* 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 with caseload management and supervision.
* The successful candidate will 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.
* 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.
* Comply with all Trust policies, guidelines and protocols with particular regard to community services.
* Travel to Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket intermittently as required.
Benefits
* 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, Job title: Clinical Team Manager, Email address: letitia.ward@nsft.nhs.uk, Telephone number: 01473 279200
Job details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Mental Health Care
Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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