Eating Disorders Clinician

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cheltenham is seeking an Eating Disorders Clinician to join a specialist mental health service. The role involves working in a multi-professional team to support individuals with eating disorders. Candidates must have a relevant qualifications and experience in this field. This position is on a fixed term basis for 12 months, providing a meaningful opportunity to impact mental health recovery.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in mental health discipline required.
• Experience working with individuals with eating disorders essential.
• Registration with relevant professional body necessary.

Responsibilities

• Support service users' recovery as part of a multi-professional team.
• Assess, clinically manage, and treat adults with eating disorders.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Understanding of mental health complexities

Education

Professional qualification in a mental health discipline (RMN, OT, etc.)

Relevant Degree with experience of working with people with an eating disorder

Recognised degree registration under the Health & Care Professions Council

Job description

Overview

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Eating Disorders Clinician

The closing date is 17 October 2025

This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 12 months.

Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment.

The Eating Disorders Service at The Brownhill Centre, Cheltenham is recruiting an enthusiastic clinician to work within a specialist mental health service for a 12 month period.

The service provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder within Gloucestershire.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside other health care professionals including RMNs, RGNs, GPs, Dietitians, AHPs and Consultant Psychiatrists in order to support service users within their recovery.

The candidate will hold excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic in their approach and demonstrate an understanding of the complexities involved in this specialist area of mental health.

To assess, clinically manage, care co-ordinate and treat adults with an eating disorder and contribute to the assessment and treatment of families.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people\'s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust\'s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in a mental health discipline e.g. RMN, OT or Mental Health Social Worker Registration with relevant professional body (NMC or HCPC) or relevant degree with existing Eating Disorders experience
• Relevant Degree with experience of working with people with an eating disorder
• Recognised degree registration under the Health & Care Professions\' Council
• Previous experience of working with people with eating disorders

Experience

• Eating Disorders Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is 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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust