Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Eating Disorders Clinician

The closing date is 21 July 2025

Job summary

The Eating Disorders Service at The Brownhill Centre, Cheltenham is recruiting an enthusiastic clinician to work within a specialist mental health service.

The service provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder within Gloucestershire.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside other health care professionals including RMN's, RGN's GP's, Dieticians, AHP's and Consultant Psychiatrists in order to support service users within their recovery.

The candidate will hold excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic in their approach and demonstrate an understanding of the complexities involved in this specialist area of mental health.

To assess, clinically manage, care co-ordinate and treat adults with an eating disorder and contribute to the assessment and treatment of families.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

  • 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
  • 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
  • 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-565

Job locations

Brownhills Clinic/Eastgate House

Swindon Road/Eastgate Street

Cheltenham/Gloucester

GL51 9EZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional qualification in a mental health discipline e.g. RMN, OT or Mental Health Social Worker Registration with relevant professional body (NMC or HCPC) or relevant degree with existing Eating Disorders experience
  • Relevant Degree with experience of working with people with an eating disorder

Desirable

  • Recognised degree registration under the Health & Care Professions' Council
  • Previous experience of working with people with eating disorders

Experience

Essential

  • Eating Disorders Experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional qualification in a mental health discipline e.g. RMN, OT or Mental Health Social Worker Registration with relevant professional body (NMC or HCPC) or relevant degree with existing Eating Disorders experience
  • Relevant Degree with experience of working with people with an eating disorder

Desirable

  • Recognised degree registration under the Health & Care Professions' Council
  • Previous experience of working with people with eating disorders

Experience

Essential

  • Eating Disorders Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brownhills Clinic/Eastgate House

Swindon Road/Eastgate Street

Cheltenham/Gloucester

GL51 9EZ


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brownhills Clinic/Eastgate House

Swindon Road/Eastgate Street

Cheltenham/Gloucester

GL51 9EZ


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Eating Disorders Team Manager

James Lewis-Watkins

james.lewis-watkins@ghc.nhs.uk

03004213914

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-565

Job locations

Brownhills Clinic/Eastgate House

Swindon Road/Eastgate Street

Cheltenham/Gloucester

GL51 9EZ


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