Eating Disorder Practitioner

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an Eating Disorders Practitioner to join their community team in Bolton. The role involves delivering high-quality interventions to individuals with eating disorders, assessing their needs, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals. This position offers a chance to be part of an exciting expansion, aiming to prioritize early intervention and enhance access to treatment. The ideal candidate will have experience managing eating disorders and a commitment to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing eating disorders in a clinical setting.
• Ability to deliver high-quality talking interventions.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with individuals experiencing moderate to severe eating disorders.
• Assess and deliver talking interventions while managing complications.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to provide quality care.
• Liaise with other providers for safe treatment.
• Participate in clinical governance and service development.

Skills

Moderate to severe eating disorders management

Delivering talking interventions

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Clinical governance initiatives

Job description

This is an opportunity to work as an Eating Disorders Practitioner, in a small, multi-disciplinary community team - Bolton Community Eating Disorder Service. We have a full time post available. The successful post-holder will work with people who live with moderate to severe Eating Disorders, delivering high quality talking interventions and co-ordinating individual's care. The service is currently undergoing an expansion as a part of the wider Community Mental health Transformation, which means that the post will provide opportunities to work in new ways with people, prioritising early intervention, easier access to treatments, expanded group work and working with carers. It is an exciting time to be joining CWP Eating Disorders.,

Responsibilities

• Working with people who live with moderate to severe eating disorders.
• Assessing people and delivering talking interventions, as well as identifying and managing complications arising from Disordered Eating.
• Working as a part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure good quality care to people living with an eating disorder.
• Liaising with other providers and stakeholders to ensure safe and effective treatment.
• Attending the Clinical Network Meeting and partaking in service development and clinical governance initiatives.

About CWP

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Onboarding

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date.

P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.