Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner

Job summary

his is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

Are you a passionate, innovative and creative Core Professional with on-going psychology therapies training and certification (ie: CBT,CAT DBT)

Would like to be part of the evolving Adult Eating Disorder Service and in particular supporting the transition of young adults from CAMHS into adult services?

We are seeking to recruit a qualified Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner to work within our FREED service and occasionally across our core service as required. This post will be countywide, with a central base of Truro Health Park and you will be part of our enthused and dedicated team of Therapists, and multidisciplinary team colleagues.

Ideally, we are looking for a candidate with expereince of working within the field of eating disorders, who has worked as a qualified core professional within ED settings, and who successfully completed psychology interventions therapy training such as CBT, CAT or DBT.

Relevant support and experience will be provided to ensure that successful newly qualified applicants will be able to settle into this dual function role if they're newly qualified in their psychology intervention.

Main duties of the job

Please see Job description for full details:

• Supervision of MHWP's
• Supervision of your Modality trainee's
• Direct Clinical work for complex cases - predominantly Anorexia Nervosa
• Caseload Managment
• Deputising for FREED Champion

About us

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 her. 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 out services.