Clinical Nurse Specialist
Company: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary
An exciting opportunity to work within an innovative and friendly SET CAMHS Eating Disorder Service across Essex, Thurrock and South End. We are looking for an experienced Registered Mental Health nurse or Allied Health Professional (CBT, Psychotherapy, OT) to support the development and implementation of a range of NICE concordant interventions for the SET CAMHS Eating Disorder. The post holder will work with the CAMHS Manager and Clinical leads to help support the delivery of psychological support and share clinical oversight across the service. They will be responsible for assessment, treatment and outcome measurement and provide Line and Clinical Supervision to staff as well as development. The post holder would require a Professional registration (NCM).

Main duties of the job
This post would suit clinicians with experience working with young people who present with eating disorders, adapting treatment for young people with neurodevelopment issues and working with the wider systems including education, social care, Acute Hospital, Psychiatric Hospitals and family/carers.

About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,397 to £56,515 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: NDD-001347
Job locations: Widford Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8TD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Clinical skills required:

• Working alongside other colleagues in SET CAMHS Eating Disorder Service to provide an in-depth comprehensive assessment of the child's, young person's, and family's functioning where there is a constellation of eating disorder and comorbid mental health problems. To formulate their strengths and difficulties and to determine the most appropriate treatment plan.
• To provide therapeutic interventions with due regard to issues of cultural, racial and religious difference and sexual orientation.
• Experience of providing supervision or mentoring to staff and take on delegated leadership role within the team.
• To provide NICE concordant therapeutic interventions (i.e. Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa and CBT-E) to children and young people with complex eating disorders including neurodevelopmental disorders such as autistic spectrum disorders, learning difficulties, ADHD; emotional difficulties, including depression and anxiety states; attachment disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Experience of complex risk formulation and collaborative safety planning. Experience of partnership working across systems around a child or young person and their family.
• You would ideally have experience of supervising and managing others. You would also have a keen interest in developing innovative strategies to support young people and their families.

Working for Organisation
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 in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

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).

Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

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. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Contact
Name: Mebrak Ghebrehiwet
Job title: Eating Disorder Team Manager
Contact number: 07745206682
Email: mebrak.ghebrehiwet@nelft.nhs.uk

This employer is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure and Barring Service check is required.