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Clinical Nurse Specialist - CYP Eating Disorders Day Programme

Job details
Posting date: 23 May 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum incl. HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 June 2025
Location: London, SW10 9HT
Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 7212216/333-G-ED-0423

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Summary

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse to join our Eating Disorders Day Programme Service for children and young people based in Kensington & Chelsea.

The Day Programme is a Tier 4 service open Monday – Friday that provides an enhanced level of care following specialist inpatient treatment and step-up care from the community for young people with eating disorders and complex physical and psychiatric co-morbidity.

The post holder will be part of a wider multidisciplinary team to establish this exciting new service. Holding responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of nursing input to children and young people, support to their families/cares and advice and consultation on their care to colleagues and the professional network.

You will deliver outstanding care and help to promote independence and dignity and positively enhance the lives of individuals in our care. You will provide mental health and basic physical health nursing interventions and support group therapy sessions. You will learn how to help practically, supervising mealtimes with families, offering psychoeducation around food, eating disorders and managing emotions.

We are looking for a RMN who is either interested in or has experience of working with eating disorders and who is motivated and has the right attitude to help nurture this new team to deliver the best quality care experience for children and their families.
• To liaise with the Multidisciplinary Team to facilitate the smooth transition for patients to the service
• To take a lead role in the nursing assessment of all referrals
• To collaborate closely on clinical and managerial matters with service leads for the day Programme
• To provide keywork to the young person and family using the approach of Family Based Treatment.
• To act as care co-ordinator for day patients
• To ensure that all day patients have a nursing care plan that is regularly reviewed in collaboration with the patient
• To act as group facilitator/co-facilitator as required, including supervision of meals in dining room, as well as inpatient and day patient groups
• To take a lead nursing role in day patient and team review meetings
• To ensure that planning of care occurs within the framework of CPA, that relevant local and national guidelines are adhered to
• To liaise and work with the families and/or carers of patients. To provide individualised family work in conjunction with the family therapist
• To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and their families/carers
• To provide supervision, and conduct appraisals
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management of individual patients and their families
• To liaise and work with the families and/or carers of patients. To provide individualised family work in conjunction with the family therapist

The Eating Disorders team is a strong and supportive team and has excellent structures to offer regular supervision. This is a great opportunity to join our team to support in the delivery of high-quality children’s eating disorders services for North West London. We are looking for exceptional individuals with the right attitude, skills and knowledge who share our passion to deliver the best quality care experience for children and their families.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Hear from our staff what it’s like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please CLICK HEREto watch the video
• To liaise with the Multidisciplinary Team to facilitate the smooth transition for patients to the service
• To take a lead role in the nursing assessment of referrals
• To collaborate closely on clinical and managerial matters with service leads for the Day Programme
• To provide keywork to the young person and family.
• To act as care co-ordinator for day patients
• To ensure that all day patients have a nursing care plan that is regularly reviewed in collaboration with the patient
• To act as group facilitator/co-facilitator as required, including supervision of meals in dining room, as well as patient groups
• To take a lead nursing role in day patient and team review meetings
• To ensure that planning of care occurs within the framework of CPA, that relevant local and national guidelines are adhered to
• To liaise and work with the families and/or carers of patients. To provide individualised family work in conjunction with the family therapist
• To develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with service users and their families/carers
• To provide supervision
• To undertake risk assessment and risk management of individual patients and their families
• To liaise and work with the families and/or carers of patients. To provide individualised family work


This advert closes on Friday 13 Jun 2025

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