Eating Disorders Team Leader
- Employer
- Priory Group
- Location
- Gloucestershire, Stroud
- Salary
- £25500 - £26000 per annum
- Closing date
- 9 Sep 2022
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- Sector
- Mental Health Nursing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Setting
- Independent Sector
- Job Role
- Nursing Support Worker
- Salary
- £20,000 - £30,000
Job Details
Stroud Residential Eating Disorders Service is a specialist residential service providing medium to long-term support and treatment for young peeople and young adults (aged 17-25) suffering from eating disorders and other associated complex mental health difficulties.
The role is based at Althea Park House, a 7 bedded home for young adults (17-25). We also have The Anchor, a 3 bedded semi-independnent step-down home (18+) on the Althea Park House site.
This role allows an opporunity to build longer term, meaningful therapuetic relationships and use them to support people to affect change. We are fortunate to be able to do this in warm, homely environments, within the beautiful Stroud Valleys, in Gloucerstershire.
Our therapetic model focuses on supporting our service users to build a life outside of the confines of their eating disorder or indeed, mental illness. We work hard to support those that live in our homes, to build their own resiliance, sense of self and ability to connect with the world around them.
The role is primarily concerned being a good leader. The ideal candidate will be motivated, dynamic, assertive and will be able to develop a sense of ownership over the work that they do.
The role involves shift coordination, montoring, developing and supervising junior colleagues and supporting the team to follow care plans and risk assessments.
Experience working within Eating Disorders is ideal, but not a requirement. We are keen to recruit the right person most of all.
We work 7.5 hour shifts, across 7 days.
Early shift: 7.30am-3.30pm
Late shift: 2.30pm-10.3pm
Waking Night shift: 10pm-8am
(Long days also available).
About us
As one of the UK's leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory Group promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development.
Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory Group will cover the cost of a DBS check.
Company
Nursing at Priory Healthcare
At Priory Healthcare, we’re passionately committed to making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support. But that’s just the start. As a recognised leader in the healthcare sector, we’re equally passionate about harnessing the potential of everyone on our team – including our rapidly growing community of RMN’s.
So join us and we can promise you one of the most dynamic and supportive career environments in the sector.
We are already the largest mental health provider in Europe and treat upwards of 80 conditions in over 275 facilities around the country. But look beyond our size and you will also discover an unrivalled reputation for providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivery value for our service users.
What does this mean for you? More than you might imagine.
For a start, there’s greater clinical diversity here than anywhere outside of the NHS. This offers you the chance to develop your career at the forefront of nursing practice in one or more of our six specialist areas – Acute Mental Healthcare, Secure, Rehabilitation and Complex Care, Eating Disorders and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
You will enjoy excellent learning and development resources, too. In addition to benefiting from our award-winning e-learning programme, your structured career progression could include supported study for specialist diplomas, preceptorships if you are newly qualified, a range of other externally accredited courses, the option of becoming a trainer on your own site, and much more besides.
Our working environment and culture are also exceptional. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychiatrists, therapists and other health care specialists. We don’t just work together. We listen to each other, share ideas, explore new ways of doing things and actively pursue innovation and excellence is all that we do. So while the work can be incredibly demanding, you will never lack the support, collaboration and encouragement you need to perform to your best and achieve your true potential.
As for recognition and rewards, they are everything you would expect from an organisation that values your expertise and commitment. And your career prospects? Well, the sheer scope and scale of our behavioural care services – and the pace of our development as a business – means that you can grow as far and fast as we do.
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