Band 6 Community Eating Disorder Practitioner - Bristol
| Posting date: | 01 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 December 2025 |
| Location: | Fishponds, Bristol, BS15 2EW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9342-25-1102 |
Summary
CLINICAL Act as an autonomous practitioner within the Eating Disorder Service, with responsibility for a clinical caseload using the Care Programme Approach. Carry out specialist assessments of referrals from Primary Care Liaison Service, Psychiatric Liaison Teams, Perinatal Services, and Secondary Mental Health Teams. Provide specialist education, supervision, and support to clinical staff in primary and secondary health settings as appropriate. Participate in monitoring standards within the service and take necessary action to improve them. Manage own specialist clinical caseload with supervision. Advise Trust clinical staff, primary care staff, and voluntary agency staff on clinical practices considered most effective. Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings where appropriate. Act as a resource person and provide advice to general adult psychiatric services regarding specialist eating disorder interventions and services. Develop packages of care to meet highly specialised needs of the client group, including CBT, MANTRA, SSCM, and general care coordination. Maintain specialist eating disorder knowledge and use theoretically based practices to support and inform other teams. Demonstrate good knowledge of the medical implications of eating disorders, working in conjunction with the clients doctor to ensure appropriate medical monitoring and interpretation of results. RESEARCH Apply current research findings where appropriate. Disseminate current research findings. Undertake relevant research relating to eating disorders using protocols approved by the Trusts Research Ethics Committee and supervise research by others where appropriate. Promote a research-minded approach to service delivery and practice. For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.