Specialist EDS Practitioner- Children and Young People's Pathway

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Lancaster is seeking a Band 6 Specialist EDS Practitioner for the Children and Young People's Pathway. You will join a multidisciplinary team and manage a caseload of young clients with complex needs, delivering evidence-based eating disorder therapies and ensuring supervision for professional development.

The role requires RMN registration and IT skills, with a commitment to challenging discrimination and supporting carers.

Qualifications

• RMN qualification and registration required.
• IT skills sufficient for the post.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the ward, including patient areas, communal spaces, and staff areas.
• Ensure infection prevention and control procedures are followed at all times.
• Order, monitor, and restock supplies such as cleaning materials, linen, and ward essentials.
• Assist in creating a comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients.
• Report maintenance issues and safety concerns promptly.
• Work collaboratively with nursing and clinical staff to support ward operations.

Skills

RMN qualification

IT skills

Education

RMN qualification and registration

Job description

Specialist EDS Practitioner- Children and Young People's Pathway

Band 6

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 351-CEN2547-ZK-C

Site Harvey House Town Lancaster Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/09/2026 23:59

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children's nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

As an EDS Practitioner working within the specialist EDS field, you will work within a multidisciplinary team and carry out a diverse range of duties.

You will be required to carry out a comprehensive assessment of new referrals and participate in team discussion whereby appropriateness and need for specialist treatment is decided.

You will hold and take responsibility for managing a clinical caseload of clients with complex needs and provide a range of recommended therapeutic interventions. Regular supervision should be accessed in order to reflect upon your practice and further develop your skills.

You will assist clients to address the underlying causes of their eating disorder that are often sensitive in nature, including abuse and past trauma.

As part of your role you will be required to offer guidance and support to carers.

You will also facilitate and participate in developing a range of therapeutic groups, this role will also include evaluating their effectiveness and providing clinical data / outcome measures as required.

You will be required to liaise with professionals from other services, offering guidance on how they can best manage the complex needs of this client group.

In order to continually develop your knowledge and skills you will participate in a Professional Development Review, identifying your development needs and formulating a development plan with your line manager.

x2 Positions Available

1- Full Time

Main duties of the job

• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the ward, including patient areas, communal spaces, and staff areas
• Ensure infection prevention and control procedures are followed at all times
• Order, monitor, and restock supplies such as cleaning materials, linen, and ward essentials
• Assist in creating a comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients
• Report maintenance issues and safety concerns promptly
• Work collaboratively with nursing and clinical staff to support ward operations

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN qualification and registration
• Information technology skills sufficient to the undertaking of the post.

Knowledge

• An ability to think systemically and holistically.
• Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based needs led assessments, of highly complex and co-morbid presentations of children, young people, their families and carers.
• Demonstrable Knowledge and skills in evidence based therapeutic interventions relevant to the needs of this client group.

Experience

• 2 years Post Qualifying Experience in a related field.
• Evidence of an ability to effectively manage own workload and able to work autonomously.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.