We are excited to be able to go out to advert for a Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner to join our expanding children and young people’s eating disorder (CYPEDS) community team. We value ourselves in being a close, supportive, and containing team that is passionate about providing high quality care, and look forward to welcoming you to be part of it.
The role involves leading a systemic team delivering FT-AN/BN (family based treatment for anorexia or bulimia), and so applicants are required to have completed systemic training to intermediate level. The successful applicant will receive support and supervision from a qualified family therapist.
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
You will be a key core practitioner within CYPEDS, using leadership skills to support and develop service delivery. You will be innovative and facilitate evidence-based practice delivery for children, young people and their families across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Delivering all aspects of expert professional management and care to children and young people presenting with eating disorders and providing highly specialist advice. You will be responsible for maintaining a caseload, using your specialist skills, from referral to discharge, conducting routine and high priority assessments and interventions as appropriate and exercising autonomy. The post holder will lead and be responsible for delivering family based treatment clinics (under the supervision of a qualified family therapist). You will be heavily involved in the support, training and supervision of more junior members of staff. You will be liaising and providing advice, information and consultation to colleagues and other agencies as well as undertaking service governance activity, including research and audit as appropriate.
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’
