Band 7 Eating Disorder HUB Clinician - Bristol

Clinical 1. To provide a specialist clinical service including assessment and treatment within the various Eating Disorder teams across BNSSG, using advanced levels of skill, for families and groups.2. To advise teams in relation to service users complex needs and the range of interventions available. 3. To carry out assessments and consultation to inform and enable comprehensive information gathering to establish treatment plans for service users who present with complex mental health difficulties alongside their eating disorder. 4. Regularly review and evaluate the therapy including levels of risk as part of the CPA process. 5. To co-facilitate parents groups and Multi Family Therapy Groups.6. Communicate with empathy and sensitivity with service users and their carers, with an awareness and understanding of their problems and, often complex, issues. 7. To be responsible for own specialist caseload working within Trust policies, protocols and guidelines. 8. To record service users progress in Iaptus patient records, write reports and input statistical date. 9. To engage in reflective practice and clinical supervision and to offer clinical supervision to junior colleagues, as required. To arrange and attend professional, team and specialist clinical supervision as appropriate to caseload. 10. To support clinical lead in ensuring the Eating Disorder pathway is equitable and standadrised across BNSSG. Professional 9 Communicate effectively with members of clinical teams, managers and other professional colleagues, representing the Eating Disorders Hub. 10 Work with Managers and Locality leads to ensure the provision of an adequate, appropriate and safe therapeutic environment in which to practice. 11 To work within professional codes of practice standards. To work using the best and evidence based practice. 12 To work effectively as a team member Training and Staff Development 13. To maintain high standards of practice, demonstrate ongoing personal development through active participation in internal and external development and training opportunities, recordinglearning outcomes in a CPD portfolio to fulfil professional registration standards.14. To engage in the appraisal process and own CPD and appraisal and CPD of junior/unqualified staff where appropriate. To ensure continuous engagement in ones own clinical practice, according to the relevant professional standards.15 To educate other professionals re. eating disorders and provide specialist advice. This may include presentations. 16 To engage in ongoing statutory and mandatory training. Service and Policy Development18. To keep service Managers /ED Lead and locality teams informed about local service developments, requirements, shortfalls and gaps in the service and input into team service development plans. Trust wide strategy and audit. To be responsible for contributing to relevant policy and procedures.19. To input and make proposals for the development of protocols and guidelines and input into the development of the provision of eating disorder interventions. . To input into the Trust policy and procedures within the work area with particular reference to therapeutic issues. Health and Safety.20. To be responsible for ensuring safe use of materials and equipment and work within health and safety policies and guidelines. Identify training needs for self and other staff where applicable.21. To undertake specific training, keep records and be responsible for monitoring and maintaining health and safety and security of self and others in own work area. Ensure regular health and safety training and updating for self and any junior/unqualified staff for which responsible.22. To carry out or participate in research audits surveys and clinical outcomes assessment to ensure best and evidenced based practice; to evaluate relevant current research, integrate into practice and disseminate to others.24. To collaborate with other specialist staff in designated area to extend the range of specialist psychological and group interventions available across the Area.