Job overview

Services for children, young people and families within Gwent area.  As a clinician within our Community Embedded Team (CET) for eating disorders, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of new developments.

The CET ED Team is a bespoke community service (the hub being CORE CAMHS) underpinned by the Maudsley Family based model, empowering families to care for their child presenting with an eating disorder through assessment, risk management and early intervention based on a multi-disciplinary team approach.

As part of the Mental Health Measure, in order to apply for this post one of the following qualifications/registrations is essential:  Registered Nurse - Mental Health, Registered Nurse - Learning Disabilities , Occupational Therapist or  Social Worker

Main duties of the job

The eating disorders (CET ED) will aim to:

• Provide a MDT specialist eating disorder triage of new referrals and assessment clinic, risk management and interventions based on the Maudsley model and the MEED risk framework for medical management and re-feeding.
• Assist in the delivery of a training programme covering prevention, recognition, referral and interventions for a range of health, education and primary care services.
• Provide consultation and collaborative joint working in some cases.
• Undertake detailed triage of cases as they are referred to ensure timely access to the assessment process.
• Offer brief intervention for those young people who do not require new core partnership work from the Core ED team
• Support other parts of CAMHS / the system to hold on where appropriate

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. 

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.