Eating Disorder Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job overview

Our friendly and growing team is ready to welcome a new team member who will share our passion for improving access and the quality of care for people with eating disorders. This post covers the South Essex service, although the postholder would be expected to travel at times to other areas.

We are now looking to recruit a dynamic, creative, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who has a demonstrable interest and experience of working with clients suffering with an eating disorder. You will receive regular professional and management supervision – as well as providing this to others - and will be supported to develop skills in this specialist area.

Main duties of the job

• ·       To gate-keep referrals into the Adult Eating Disorders Service liaising with referrers and providing advice and support as needed.
• ·       To ensure the effective assessment, care planning and review of patient care and treatment in line with the EPUT CPA policy and procedure.
• ·       To liaise with the provider collaborative regarding specialist out of area eating disorder placements and inpatient providers, when EPUT service users are admitted and to provide a link function for local services and carers.
• ·       To provide highly specialist evidence based interventions for clients with Eating Disorders, drawing on a wide range of theoretical frameworks and treatment modalities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for detailed list of responsibilities.