Highly Specialist Eating Disorder Practitioner

We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for.Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued., An exciting development opportunity to work in a new and emerging Adult Eating Disorders Service across West Yorkshire as a Highly Specialist Eating Disorder Practitioner (Band 7)

Main duties of the Highly Specialist Eating Disorder Practitioner will include a combination of clinical and leadership working.

Clinical workYou will work closely with the Link-ED multidisciplinary team and lead on triaging all new referrals into the service. Alongside training and developing the Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) through training sessions and workshops you will also support service users by increasing their knowledge and understanding of disordered eating through psychoeducation groups, 1:1 drop in clinics and signposting to 3rd sector organisations. You will attend appropriate service user meetings within the CMHTs to provide additional assistance supporting patient centre care.

Leadership workThe Link-ED Adult Eating Disorders Service is new and emerging, you will be involved with all aspects of service development including staff training, service user experience, service evaluation, interpreting clinical data and outcome measures. You will provide clinical supervision within the Link-ED team and support the Clinical Team Manager by attending leadership meetings.

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.