RGN Nurse - Community Adult Eating Disorder Service
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO1 1RB |
| Company: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6224592/364-A-7466-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
An opportunity has arisen for a 1 WTE Registered General Nurse to join our Adult Community Eating Disorder Service.
You will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team in providing high quality physical health assessment and providing care in line with local medical monitoring procedures and NMC/RCOT professional code of conduct and Trust policies.
You will contact patients following referral, develop and agree collaborative care plans around physical healthcare needs alongside other members of the MDT who will be working with the patient. Assessments and interventions can take place in patient’s homes, team bases, hospital and other community settings.
As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the medical monitoring and liaison with the medical staff within the service. This would be for those patients within the service on the high risk medical monitoring pathway. You will also provide supervision and management of band 4 Physical health support workers. This will include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes.
Main duties of this role include: liaison with Acute Hospital Trusts and developing and maintaining the pathway of our patients within this setting will be a key aspect of the role. This includes embedding the Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED) Guidance when planning care in conjunction with the acute medical wards and discharge planning to GPs or onto a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit (SEDU).
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services.
In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
Please refer to the Job Description for a more exhaustive list of main duties.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024
An opportunity has arisen for a 1 WTE Registered General Nurse to join our Adult Community Eating Disorder Service.
You will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team in providing high quality physical health assessment and providing care in line with local medical monitoring procedures and NMC/RCOT professional code of conduct and Trust policies.
You will contact patients following referral, develop and agree collaborative care plans around physical healthcare needs alongside other members of the MDT who will be working with the patient. Assessments and interventions can take place in patient’s homes, team bases, hospital and other community settings.
As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the medical monitoring and liaison with the medical staff within the service. This would be for those patients within the service on the high risk medical monitoring pathway. You will also provide supervision and management of band 4 Physical health support workers. This will include the management of these staff in line with agreed Trust HR processes.
Main duties of this role include: liaison with Acute Hospital Trusts and developing and maintaining the pathway of our patients within this setting will be a key aspect of the role. This includes embedding the Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED) Guidance when planning care in conjunction with the acute medical wards and discharge planning to GPs or onto a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit (SEDU).
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services.
In delivering your duties you are expected to display behaviours that are aligned with the Trust values and in accordance with the NHS Constitution at all times.
Please refer to the Job Description for a more exhaustive list of main duties.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of responsibilities.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024