Eating Disorder Specialist Practitioner - Community Team

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The post-holder will have a base at Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service main base in central London and will also spend time at the satellite clinic at Harrow on the Hill, when required. To work with the Community Team, Multidisciplinary Team, collaborating with Doctors, Psychologists, Occupational Therapist, MEED Practitioner, Family Worker, Inpatient and Day Programme Team. In addition there will be liaison with community Mental Health Teams, Primary Care Teams, and Medical and Psychiatric Wards.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Practitioner nurse within Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service for an experienced mental health clinician. The post holder will be working in the eating disorders community team which is part of the wider outpatient service. The team is made up of highly experienced nurses, occupational therapists, MEED practitioner, nursing associate and consultant psychiatrist. It is an opportunity for a clinician to further their practice and experience within a specialist setting.
The candidate will require a good level of post qualification experience of working with patients with an eating disorder within a ward or community setting. The community team is an integral part of the wider eating disorders service acting as ‘front of house’ for all stakeholders, doing regular specialist assessment of patients referred to the eating disorder service and managing a small caseload of patients with a range of severe and enduring eating disorders within a personal recovery model. The team also has various treatment pathways including an established early intervention pathway, an expanding primary care pathway, and the newly created intensive community treatment team.
You will need to be a motivated, empathic, skilled and dedicated individual who can work well both autonomously and within a team, and possess excellent communication skills.
You will be well supported in your role by a friendly, dynamic MDT as well as receive regular line management and clinical supervision in various forms. Your primary base will be in vibrant South Kensington in Central London and you will also be required to work at the satellite clinic at Harrow on the Hill, when required.
Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service is the specialist service provider for patients living in the boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Brent and Harrow. In addition the service accepts national referrals for specialist in-patient and day-patient care.

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