Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner & FREED Champion | Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Are you seeking a new challenge? Do you have a multitude of transferrable skills? Are you passionate about making a real difference in mental health care within the field of eating disorders? If so, this could be the position you've been searching for!

We welcome applicants from both inside the Trust on secondment or outside the Trust to this fixed term contract, giving you a unique/excellent opportunity to work within Adult eating disorder services on a time limited basis.

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with 3+ years of experience working in secondary care mental health environments; to join our dynamic FREED Pathway and lead its dedicated team in delivering high-quality, evidence-based interventions within the FREED pathway, which is embedded in the Adult Eating Disorder Service.

Joining our service now is an exciting time as the service is moving and shifting to meet the changing landscape of our ED population within the county of Cornwall.

• A professional qualification and registration as either a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist
• Experience in clinical management and supervising staff
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• A commitment to recovery-focused, person-centred care
• Lead a multidisciplinary team using a whole-team approach to deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions that promote engagement and recovery
• Share in the clinical management of a defined caseload, ensuring service users receive focused, coordinated packages of care tailored to their needs
• Develop strong interfaces with other services and agencies, fostering collaborative working to enhance outcomes
• Supervise and support junior team members in line with Trust policy, promoting professional development and high standards of care
• Work flexibly across the county of Cornwall

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use our services.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

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