Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian - Bucks CAMHS ED - AylesburyinAylesburyinAylesburyPUBLISHED FRI 29 NOV 2024

With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, motivated, and caring individual to join our nationally recognised and expanding Community Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service in Buckinghamshire as a Specialist Eating Disorders Dietician.

Our well-established service aims to deliver high standards of care to young people and their families, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and participation. You would ensure we are delivering outstanding services to the children and young people in the Buckinghamshire catchment area, and you would be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community. The community team is comprised of a multidisciplinary team including a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrist, Family Therapist, Nursing staff, Assistant Psychologists, Dietitian, Business and Performance Manager and team Administrator. We are moving towards the development of a life span service and have good links with colleagues in the Buckinghamshire Adult Eating Disorders Services.

Please note this vacancy may close early if sufficient numbers of applications are received.

As a band 7 clinician you will provide high quality specialist dietetic care to children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating and Atypical Eating Disorders using effective assessments and evidence-based treatments.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering evidence based dietetic interventions for eating disorders and providing robust assessment and management plans, taking appropriate therapeutic risk. You will be ambitious and have a positive attitude and outstanding clinical skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills which will enable you to thrive within a multi-disciplinary team context and in working with this complex patient group and their families.

You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings, including regular team safeguarding supervision.

In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.

About us

The service is based in Aylesbury/High Wycombe and works with children and young people aged from 12 up to 18 years old who experience eating disorders. The service works with a hybrid working approach meaning the post holder will work between Aylesbury and High Wycombe bases with some flexibility for home working.

We are a friendly and welcoming team looking for a keen and enthusiastic practitioner who puts children and young people at the centre of what they do. We promote a culture of support and supervision and have good links with the other teams across Buckinghamshire and ensure that there is regular opportunity for networking with our pathways.

This role will require you to travel between community locations, you must therefore be comfortable with driving for work purposes and able to travel freely within the hours of the role. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2where required.