Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Band 7 Senior Nurse to join our CAMHS Eating Disorder Service in Hampshire. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a developing service, where innovation, quality and compassionate care are at the heart of everything we do.

We deliver a range of evidence-based interventions and are committed to achieving the best outcomes for young people and their families. Staff benefit from opportunities for professional development, including CPD, specialist training, supervision, consultation and multidisciplinary team working.

We are looking for a nurse who is passionate about clinical leadership, brings a positive and proactive approach, has excellent communication and interpersonal skills. We are committed to creating an environment where staff feel valued, supported and able to thrive while working with this rewarding and complex client group.

The role requires strong skills in assessment, risk management, safeguarding and multi-agency working. It offers a varied balance responsibilities, in person and virtual working, providing opportunities to influence service development and improve outcomes for young people and their families.

Our offer is a career, not just a job, within a Trust that values staff wellbeing. We welcome motivated and compassionate practitioners who are passionate about working with young people with eating disorders and their families within a supportive and innovative team.

Main duties of the job

As one of the senior nurses within the service, you will work in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe, effective, and care for the West hub and wider service.

The post holder will be required to manage their own case load alongside offering expert clinical advice to colleagues and line management support to nursing colleagues within the west hub.

The role requires a high level of skill in clinical assessment, risk management, safeguarding and liaison with other agencies. This post provides a mix of both clinical and leadership tasks providing a diverse and varied role, both face to face and virtual delivery.

The post holder will be required to take on other identified responsibilities suitable for the banding. Experience in systemic working, crisis interventions and physical assessment will be an advantage.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence