Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders (Ot/Sw/Rmn)

Oxford Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Melksham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Learning & development

Annual leave

Employee assistance

Staff accommodation

NHS discount

Mental health support

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within CAMHS Eating Disorders. The role involves delivering high-quality assessments and providing care for children, young people and families, using collaborative, recovery-focused approaches.

You will contribute to clinical leadership and supervision within a supportive team. The post emphasizes staff well-being, CPD and robust supervision to facilitate ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• RMN/Social Worker/OT or other relevant professional qualification.
• Registered to practice in the UK.
• Experience with caseload management and complex conditions.
• Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties.
• Experience of working with Eating disorders.

Responsibilities

• Carry out initial assessments and evaluate care for young people and families.
• Provide psycho-educational advice and practical support using evidence-based approaches.
• Lead and supervise team members; participate in service development and evaluation.

Skills

Effective communication

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

Job summary

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker interested in joining our Eating Disorders Service? With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances. You will deliver a high quality, comprehensive service for children, young people and their families who have an Eating Disorder. This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team - we have a strong ethos around staff well-being - where clinical Supervision and CPD are priorities for the service. We offer robust clinical and caseload supervision to facilitate a supportive working environment.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessments, delivery and evaluation of care and providing psycho-educational advice and practical support to young people and their families by drawing on evidence-based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approaches. Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role. You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members and participate in the team service development and evaluation.

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD. As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team".

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups
• NHS Discount
• Mental Health First Aiders

Person Specification

Qualification (Essential)

• RMN/Social Worker/OT/other relevant professional qualification
• Registered to practice in the UK

Experience (Essential)

• Caseload management/complex conditions & cases
• Experience of care coordination/lead professional
• Evidence based, reflective practice & clinical reasoning skills in assessment & treatment
• Experience of working with children and/or young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience of working with Eating disorders

Professional & Personal Skills (Essential)

• Effective communicator with patients, carers & staff
• Organisational skills for own & others workload
• Excellent personal skills to form good working relationships
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications

Knowledge (Essential)

• Demonstratable knowledge of IT systems (such as MS System)
• Excellent time and diary management

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Oxford Health NHS Trust

Working pattern: Part-time

Band: Band 6

Closing date: 26 October 2026

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