Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 201-25-363-A
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Truro Health Park/ Newquay Integrated Health Hub / 6a Heathlands Liskeard
- Town
- TBC
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Mental Health Nurse - Eating disorders
Band 5
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
We are excited to go out to advert for a mental health nurse to join our countywide children & young people's eating disorder service. The role will sit primarily within our intensive support team, working with young people and families in their homes to prevent the need for eating disorder related hospital admissions. You would work alongside a team of support workers, eating disorder practitioners, paediatric nurses and therapists to deliver a high quality of care to young people. We are a friendly and welcoming team who support internal and external training as appropriate. The COAST-ED model has been presented at various conferences throughout the country and is a cutting edge new service with excellent outcomes.
Perceptee applicants are welcomed to apply, those graduating in June / July 2025
Main duties of the job
- Being part of an MDT assessment clinic.
- Delivering psychoeducation in home and hospital settings to young people and their families.
- Assessing risk in line with MEED guidelines.
- Conducting mental state examinations.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification – Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams.
- Experience of work in a variety of mental health settings, including Eating Disorders.
- Interested in addressing training needs identified by self and service.
- Evidence of professional development plan.
Desirable criteria
- Possess a Professional Development plan.
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Caring attitude and ability to develop therapeutic relationships with young people and their families, experiencing an eating disorder.
- Skills in assessment care planning and therapeutic intervention with children and young people who are experiencing an eating disorder, who often have complex mental health problems and provide support to their families.
- Can communicate and establish effective working.
- Effective team player with the ability to initiate, prioritise and complete work
Knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
- A working knowledge of child safeguarding.
- Knowledge of Child Mental Health conditions.
- Any relevant knowledge or experience of work with children or young people with an eating disorder.
- Knowledge of child development.
Desirable criteria
- Interest and working knowledge in at least one intervention such as CBT, solution focused or DBT skills and Maudsley model
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Colette Rogers
- Job title
- Clinical Lead COAST-ED
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01579373781
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