Senior Nurse Practitioner

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We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.

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Job overview

Spring Tide Intensive Treatment Day Service are seeking an experienced and dedicated Band 7 Mental Health Nurse to join our specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team. In this role you will deliver high quality, compassionate care tailored to young people navigating recovery from Anorexia Nervosa. You will oversee therapeutic interventions, shift co-ordination, physical health monitoring, meal supports, family work and help guide junior staff in a supportive, structured environment.

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Leading the day-to-day coordination of the unit

Providing specialist nursing assessment, formulation and care planning.

Leading all nursing tasks:

Monitoring of physical health of young people with severe Anorexia Nervosa

Meal supports

Care co-ordination for a small case load

Form part of a care team delivering this intervention.

One to one work with young people.

Be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing individual and groupwork Provide supervision and professional support to relevant colleagues. Support service development through service evaluation and audit,

Keeping up to date with developments in the field.

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

· Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed

· Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London

· With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

· 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

· 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

· 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

See the attached ‘Partnership Perks’ document for details about our benefits package.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate would be responsible for leading the day-to-day coordination of the unit as well as providing specialist nursing assessment, formulation and care planning. This will include leading all nursing tasks such as the monitoring of physical health of young people with severe Anorexia Nervosa, meal supports and care co-ordination for a small case load All members of the MDT will be trained in the Maudsley model of Family Therapy and form part of a care team delivering this intervention. There will also be one to one work with young people.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing individual and groupwork and will provide supervision and professional support to relevant colleagues. You will support service development through service evaluation and audit, as well as bringing new insights through research and keeping up to date with developments in the field.

Ideally you will have prior experience of working with eating disorders and experience of using therapeutic models associated with this client group.

SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented.

Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.

SPFT takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk very seriously. We expect all staff and bank workers to share this commitment and complete the relevant safeguarding training for their role.

If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. However, we’ll always do our best to keep you informed as we know how much time and care goes into applying for a role.

In the event of a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy early.

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