Community Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders

Main area Eating Disorders Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment considered.) Hours Full time Part time Flexible working 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday service) Job ref 246-WSU8013374 Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Lighthouse Centre Hellesdon Hospital Town Norfolk Salary 39,959 - 48,117 pa/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/06/2026 23:59 Employer heading Community Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders Band 6 Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience Job overview Central and East Eating Disorders Service is a team based at Northgate hospital in Great Yarmouth and The Lighthouse at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich. We are a diverse multidisciplinary team, dedicated to supporting children, young people and their families who are living with eating disorders and supporting them to recovery. Your role would involve holding a caseload of young people with a diagnosable eating disorder, providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions for young people and their families, following evidence-based models to support your practice, undertaking assessments of new referrals, monitoring physical health and coordinating the care of young people on the caseload. You will be part of a diverse and active MDT, supporting young people and their families through recovery. There is a strong emphasis on systemic work within this specialism, so skills in working with families as well as the young person is key. Please apply if you are interested in joining our team and experiencing this specialist area of mental health. This role will have responsibility supporting both service users in our Norwich and Great Yarmouth bases. Job plans will be created to ensure time is given for any additional commute. Main duties of the job Holding a caseload of children and young people and seeing them weekly for appointments. Liaising with other professionals, both within the team and externally to coordinate care. Completing assessments of new referrals to the service. Attending MDT meetings for young people on your caseload Working closely with families and other professionals to support the best outcome for young people. Monitoring physical health and escalating care in line with MEED guidelines. Completing allocated duty tasks on your allocated duty day. Keeping comprehensive and contemporaneous clinical documentation Working as part of an MDT Working for our organisation Working for your Organisation Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive. Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about. Benefits included with this role are: NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service gym membership NHS discounts and many more. Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too. Detailed job description and main responsibilities It is our expectation that you will be a proactive, compassionate, and motivated individual with transferrable skills or with experience of working in the community with Children & Young People. Possessing an interest with Children & Young People with an Eating Disorder is essential. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Some of the benefits you can expect: NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more. Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs If you would like to have a further information discussion about this role, please contact James Moss, Specialist Operational Manager, ... Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration Desirable criteria Recognised Leadership/Management training Knowledge Essential criteria An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative) Experience Essential criteria Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions Desirable criteria Experience in delivering group based interventions Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. YOUR APPLICATION We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at .... PLEASE NOTE: If you use a hotmail, msn or yahoo e-mail account, you will need to check your "junk" mail regularly as these email providers will divert any communication from this Trust/NHS JOBS straight into your " junk" inbox. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Documents to download Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner ( PDF , 712.7 KB ) Values Based Recruitment - Candidates Guide ( PDF , 360.6 KB ) Reasonable Adjustments - NSFT ( PDF , 197.5 KB ) Apply online now Further details / informal visits contact Name James Moss Job title Specialist Operational Manager Email address ... Telephone number 01603 978455 Additional information Issy Wiseman - Community Team Manager ... List jobs with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors