Job summary
- Main area
- Eating Disorders
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 9-5)
- Job ref
- 436-7156621
- Employer
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Barberry
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 01/07/2025
Employer heading

Band 6 Specialist Eating Disorder Practitioner - Barberry
Band 6
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
The Community Eating Disorders Practitioner will work across the specialist Eating Disorders Community Mental Health Team, providing clinical expertise and psychological interventions to patients as part of their recovery.
The staff member will manage a caseload of eating disordered patients across the county, assessing, planning care, managing risks and providing nutritional and psychological support, treatment interventions and advice to patients.
Providing information and training to other healthcare and mental health professionals, relatives, carers and other interested groups.
Assisting the senior leadership team with the development of the service.
Main duties of the job
- Assess clients referred to the service. This may be at mental health sites across the county, in the client’s own home, or in hospital if the client is an inpatient
- Ensure that each patient in their care receives an individual assessment including a risk assessment, with regularly updated care plan which is formulated with the service user
- Assess and manage risk, appropriate to each individual patient
- Provide nutritional advice, information, and support to clients
- Provide psychological interventions and support to patients with regard to their eating disorder
- Liaise with and refer patients to other healthcare and mental health professionals as appropriate and according to their individual needs
- Liaise with the Clinical Manager and Mult- Disciplinary Team as appropriate and arrange for more urgent care/treatment interventions should this be required
- Plan and run group treatment sessions with clients
- Provide support and information to relatives and carer
- Maintain comprehensive client records
- Write reports on clients and the service for GPs and other professions, as required
- Participate in Multi-Disciplinary Team and Multi-agency care meetings
- Provide clinical supervision to mental health professionals, as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN or HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualification such as CBT course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a mental health setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with service users with eating disorders.
- Experience working in a community setting.
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelliann Ashmore
- Job title
- Interim Lead Nurse for Eating Disorders
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 3012410
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