Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £40,617 – £48,778 per annun
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
You will be joining a well-established and supportive community service with a wide multi- disciplinary team and expanding nursing team. The nursing team is well established with a range of experience and knowledge: we currently have a band 8 Lead Nurse, 3 x band 7 nurses and 2 x band 6 nurses as well as student nurses throughout the year. There will be learning and training opportunities within the team and we will support you with your development within the role. You will receive monthly clinical and management supervision from a band 7 nurse as well as monthly group nursing supervision. This would be a wonderful opportunity to work with young people and families in the community and gain knowledge and experience with working with Eating Disorders; alongside clinical assessment skills and physical health monitoring assessments.
We follow the 2015 NHSE community eating disorders Access and Waiting Times Guidelines and Standards; and believe in early and fast intervention for all young people.
The service is now recognised as a nationally top achieving service with some of the highest outcomes. We are a really friendly and dynamic team and are CARE Excellence accredited.
The service currently operates between Monday – Friday (8am – 6pm). We currently work with a mix of face to face and on line depending on the need and wish of the young person and the family. Flexible and part time hours will also be considered.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve working with young people and their families, providing interventions and therapy alongside other professionals involved in their care. You will be given training and support to enable you to deliver Family Based Treatment (FBT) for Eating Disorders in accordance with NICE guidelines.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist Job Description for full details of this role.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration as RN3, RNMH, RN8, RNC, RNLD
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Mentor Preparation or Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice (or willing to attend training)
Experience
Essential criteria
- 1+ year experience working with young people and children or Eating Disorders with clear transferable skills
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
