Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian - North Essex

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is looking for a motivated Specialist Dietitian to work in their Community Adult Eating Disorder Service in Colchester, UK. This role involves providing specialized dietetic input and support to clients with eating disorders, collaborating with healthcare professionals, and developing treatment plans based on evidence-based practice. The position includes 27 days of annual leave plus excellent pension benefits and a supportive work environment, ensuring the well-being of staff.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension of up to 14.5%

Staff discounts

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Ability to manage complex and challenging caseloads.
• Experience in community dietetics and eating disorders treatment.
• Strong understanding of evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead the nutrition and dietetics provision for the Community Adult Eating Disorder Service.
• Provide dietetic assessment and treatment for individuals.
• Deliver individual treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge.

Skills

Complex dietetic needs

Nutritional assessment

Expert nutritional advice

Collaborative work

Prioritization skills

Education

Registered Dietitian

Job description

A Vacancy at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Specialist Dietitian who has an interest in working in a Community Adult Eating Disorder Service. This role is part of the current transformation programme across mental health services within Essex. However, we are a Trustwide service and the postholder will be expected to work in other locations in the Trust as required.

The post holder will provide specialist dietetic input to adults with eating disorders in the community and in Day Care, including in the FREED pathway. It will involve working with service users and multidisciplinary team members to identify and address the complex psychological and social factors that affect the dietary treatment, thus enabling long term/permanent lifestyle changes.

Managing severely underweight patients with Anorexia Nervosa that are at risk of refeeding syndrome whilst in an Acute setting will require collaborative liaison work with the acute trusts.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; working flexibly where appropriate and operationally required.

Responsibilities

1. To lead the EPUT Eating Disorders Nutrition and Dietetics provision for the north team of the Community Adult Eating Disorder Service.
2. To provide specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes to individual service users with a variety of complex dietetic needs within the community (including FREED and Day Care) eating disorders pathway.
3. To provide expert nutritional advice, signposting, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, clients, carers, relatives or other non-professional contacts to ensure care is delivered in accordance with evidence-based practice.
4. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialised dietetic interventions for people with Eating Disorders in community and inpatient settings.
5. Formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practise, national and local guidelines using profession-specific clinical skills and techniques (eg 1:1’s, group activities, patient education, carer education).
6. To manage complex and challenging caseloads and be able to appropriately prioritise by need.
7. To provide complex dietary support with a challenging patient population.
8. To be instrumental in developing the Eating Disorders Dietetic Service in line with the Service vision and best evidence-based practice.

Support and Benefits

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of responsibilities.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025