Registered Mental Health Nurse

This mental health nurse post sits in the CYP Eating Disorders Day Hospital Service, being set up by Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The work is intensive, evidence-based care for children and young people with moderate to severe eating disorders, aiming to keep them out of inpatient wards. The nurse works within a multidisciplinary team across in-reach, outreach and day hospital support, including meal support for young people and their families. Registration with the NMC is required.

What the job involves

• Deliver intensive, evidence-based community interventions to reduce relapse and readmission
• Prevent admission to Tier 4 or acute paediatric wards through in-reach and outreach work
• Deliver intensive day hospital interventions focused on recovery, risk management and re-engagement with daily life
• Provide meal support to young people and families, evaluating it at each visit
• Provide psychosocial interventions such as distress tolerance, emotion regulation, basic CBT, motivational work, psychoeducation and problem solving
• Monitor physical health, including weight and height checks
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate physical health care plans within the wider CEDS care plan
• Contribute to multidisciplinary care planning and supervision, ensuring continuity across settings
• Provide advice, meal support and guidance to professionals and carers, including training and consultation
• Support high-intensity risk management as an alternative to admission for severely unwell young people
• Support discharge planning through supported day leave with meal supervision

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Registered mental health nurse with current NMC registration

Nice to have

• Experience of working with eating disorders and/or children and young people’s mental health

What’s offered

• Career development in clinical and non-clinical roles
• Ongoing training and support

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