Senior Specialist Nurse
You will be responsible for supporting the Kent and Medway All\-age Eating Disorder Service (AAEDS), representing NELFT by providing leadership, support and guidance to team members and trust staff and ensuring a patient focused service.
The post includes providing clinical leadership and practicing at an advanced level demonstrating a high level of autonomy and clinical decision making. They will work as a highly specialised member of the AAEDS to assist in reducing protracted inpatient stays.
The role is a collaborative one working with individuals and groups across professional and organisational boundaries.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010\).
To represent the service and provide information to service users as required i.e. GPs, Primary and secondary care professionals, voluntary organisations, patients and their carers.
To provide specialist support and monitoring to adult patients referred to the AAEDS and liaise with other professionals within and outside the Trust to ensure they receive the best care.
To provide specialist advice to colleagues working in other clinical areas and act as the patient’s advocate.
Demonstrate awareness of health and safety aspects of your work and carry out risk assessment within own patient caseload, equipment and environment on a daily basis. Be responsible for safe and competent use of equipment, minimise risk within the team, and implement trust policies were appropriate. (Incident Reporting Policy, Lone Worker Policy and Health and Safety Act 1974\).
To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out duties and to adhere to Medical Devices Policy for safety and maintenance.
To gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all\-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.
The full details of the role's main duties and responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under\-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
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