Nurse Lead - Eating Disorders

Overview

Main area Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - Eating Disorders Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job
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Employer Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Raglan House
Town Oxfordshire
Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum | pro-rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 11/02/2026 23:59

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Are you a registered nurse seeking a new opportunity?

Our Oxfordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Eating Disorder Service has recently expanded and been given additional funding in order to transform and enhance its offer. Recent developments include introducing occupational therapy and a carers lead role onto our disciplinary team (MDT).

We’re looking for a part time Nurse Lead to join our strong and supportive MDT. A perfect opportunity for you if you’re looking to grow into leadership.

Your overall aim is to provide specialist nursing expertise within the CYP Eating Disorder Service and to have a lead role in supporting young people with complex presentation/those with comorbidities, also working between the service and acute paediatric services to meet the needs of our patients.

We’re an inclusive and supportive team - you’ll be working within a full MDT from a wide variation of professional backgrounds including psychology, psychiatry family therapy, paediatrics, dietetics, occupational therapy and support workers. We’re well supported by an excellent administration team and a visible clinical and operational leadership team too.

We’ll need you to be ambitious, have a positive attitude and outstanding clinical skills. Some experience of working within the field of eating disorders would be required.

We would be delighted to speak with you in advance for arrange a visit to our site in Oxfordshire.

Many of our young people are physically compromised and/or highly distressed often requiring input from other services at the same time. The clinical work is incredibly varied but is always formulation driven and evidence-based. We work very closely with families and caregivers and also offer a range of individual therapies and group work. We also work closely with our connected Adult Eating Disorder service, which is co-located in our offices.

The main component of the role will be to:

• Provide high quality specialist therapeutic treatments and physical health monitoring to patients and their carers/families using a range of modalities and to support other staff in providing these interventions (either through joint working or through supervision and consultation).
• Take a lead role in supporting the care of young people with complex presentations and comorbidities.
• Be part of the leadership team ensuring best practice and forward thinking.
• Liaise with other CAMHS teams and other…