Specialist Practitioner

Provide intensive community-based support to children and young people with eating disorders and their families as part of the ISP.

Deliver meal support and therapeutic interventions within the home environment to support recovery and reduce the need for hospital admission.

Visit young people admitted to acute hospital settings, providing specialist eating disorder support, contributing to discharge planning, and ensuring continuity of care between inpatient and community services.

Monitor physical health and wellbeing, escalating concerns appropriately and contributing to ongoing risk assessment and management.

Work closely with therapists to support the delivery of FBT and agreed care plans.

Provide emotional, practical, and psychoeducational support to young people, families, and carers.

Act as an advocate for children and young people, ensuring care is individualised and focused on their needs and recovery goals.

Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, GPs, schools, acute hospitals, and partner agencies to coordinate high-quality care.

Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to care planning, review, and evaluation processes.

Provide specialist advice and support to professionals involved in the care of children and young people with eating disorders.

Ensure all interventions are delivered in accordance with Trust policies, clinical governance standards, and health and safety requirements.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Qualifications

Essential: - Please refer to JD

Desirable: - Please refer to JD