Job overview

Band 6 Registered Nurse; Spring Tide, Intensive Treatment Program for CYP with Eating Disorders   

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Registered Clinician to join Spring Tide for 4 days a week on a permanent contract. 

Spring Tide works with young people aged 10-18, with an eating disorder, and their families, supporting recovery through evidenced based interventions such as the Maudsley Family Therapy models and E-CBT.  We pride ourselves on delivering high quality evidenced based treatment in accordance with NICE Guidelines and National Access and Waiting Times Standards.

You will work as a member of the clinical team, providing a high quality, specialist systemic psychotherapy service to clients, their families or carers.  In addition, you will be required to support systemic thinking and practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.

You will participate in systematic clinical governance and offer clinical supervision to junior nursing colleagues and student nurses. You will have the opportunity to undertake audits, contribute to (and lead on) quality improvement, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

You will be required to facilitate and co facilitate groups, you will be required to be in charge of the unit and you will be required to organise and chair meetings. Training in FT-AN will be provided if the post holder does not already possess this. 

Main duties of the job

To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist nursing service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.

To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to  exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.

To use analytical and professional judgement skills and be responsible for making clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.

To clinically supervise junior nursing colleagues, nursing students and other staff as appropriate.

To complete assessments of those referred to the service and outcome this in a timely manner in line with code of Conduct

To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision and advice about clinical nursing issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate.

 To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of nursing practice within the service/team.

To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s development through the deployment of professional skills and audit. To support management on those aspects of the service where nursing and/or organisational matters need addressing.

Working for our organisation

At SPFT we provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex. 

Working in Sussex:

•       Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
•       Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
•       With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

•     70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
•     79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
•      77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles