Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 267-OC7264245
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wiltshire Community Eating Disorder Team, Savernake Hospital
- Town
- Marlborough
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Nurse
Band 6
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.
Job overview
Do you want to be part of a highly supportive, multi-disciplinary team, who are forwarding thinking and fully support staff development?
Do you have experience of working within eating disorders or do you have core nursing skills, which you are now ready to transfer?
The Wiltshire Community Eating Disorder Service (WCEDS) is looking for two, fulltime, band 6 Mental Health Nurses who are passionate about making a difference to adults who are suffering with an eating disorder.
You will be part of a team of dedicated and experienced multi-disciplinary professionals working with adults with eating disorders.
With a reputation for excellence, our service provides a stepped model of care tailored to the individual’s needs for stabilisation and recovery. We offer a range of programmes and evidence-based treatments to assist with this. We are a friendly, energetic and dynamic team who are proactive and visionary, focusing on excellent patient-centred care.
Within this post, you will provide specialist eating disorder assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders, in a community setting across Wiltshire and Swindon.
We are working towards a culture where services from across the whole system work together to deliver positive and seamless experiences of care for adults with an eating disorder.
You will require a professional qualification with current UK registration.
Main duties of the job
You will be an exceptional Mental Health Nurse, who will work alongside our multi-disciplinary team of Psychologists, CBT therapists, medics, Dietitian and Occupational Therapists in a holistic, patient-centred manner to deliver the best quality care experience and ensure the needs of patients are met.
You will provide specialist nursing assessment and evidence-based, needs-led treatment and discharge plans within the clinic and community setting. This could be on an individual or group basis.
You will have outstanding communication skills, ensuring the patient, carers and the rest of the clinical team are kept abreast of plans and updates by providing verbal and written feedback and reports. This will include attending clinical and professional meetings and liaising with other agencies involved in the individual’s care.
There are exciting opportunities to be part of QI projects to develop services for the needs of the local population, with support from experienced staff.
You will develop close working relationships with CAMHS colleagues and support the transition of patients from CAMHS to adult services in addition to providing various groups treatments, which are available to individuals, who are open to CAMHS in addition to the adult team.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (hons) Mental Health Nursing or equivilent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification experience within a mental health setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with those with Eating disorders
- Specific interest to work within an eating disorder setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of QI projects
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
- Lauren Grant
- Job title
- Deputy Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 904099
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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