At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We like to do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, a vibrant urban location, thriving seaside spot, or the among the rolling hills of a stunning rural setting, there are a lot of ways you can make a difference in our local communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future – we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team. You’ll challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

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Due to ongoing demand we are looking to recruit into the Dorset All Age Community Eating Disorders Service .

The Band 6 Specialist Practitioners in Eating Disorders are community based and expected to work independently managing a caseload, ensuring safe and effective clinical practice. The successful applicants will become part of the team offering high quality, evidenced based treatment and care for people of all ages with an eating disorder and their families.

In return, we will support and facilitate your development through a robust induction individualised to develop key competence, plus regular clinical and management supervision. You will also have an annual appraisal tailored to your needs and experience. We consider continuing professional development a vital component in the wellbeing and retention of the team and for the delivery of safe and effective care.

We are looking for people who hold a core professional qualification (i.e. RMN Social Worker, Occupational Therapist) or can evidence equivalent experience.

Experience of working with people with an eating disorder and delivery of NICE concordant eating disorder treatment is an advantage and desirable however, we are also very interested in hearing from you if you haven’t worked directly with people with an eating disorder but would like to and can evidence competence in areas such as working with children and young people, risk management or managing a caseload in the community.

The successful candidates will have the option of being based at Trinity Court in Dorchester or Kimmeridge Court, St Ann's Hospital in Poole.

The posts are full time although part time hours will be considered.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

Car driver is desirable subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name:  Karen Law

Job title:  Service Lead

Email address:  karen.law1@nhs.net

Telephone number:  03000191771

Additional contact information

We encourage informal enquiries on 0300 019 1771. Please ask for Karen Law (Service Lead) or Lee Barker ( Community Eating Disorders Service)

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What working for us will provide:

• 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years
• Excellent NHS pension scheme
• Health and wellbeing services
• Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours
• Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals
• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs
• Access to nine staff networks – have a voice and transform our Trust
• Relocation costs where applicable
• Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities – including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying and selling annual leave
• NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more

Visit our careers website to learn more about our culture, staff stories, benefits, development programmes and opportunities.

What you need to do:

Before applying for this post, please do ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you, alternatively if you would like more information about the role please do not hesitate to contact us.

After applying via NHS Jobs your application will be imported into our preferred third party recruitment system, TRAC. All information about your application will come from apps.trac.jobs. You won’t be able to track progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Dorset HealthCare transferring the information contained in the application to Trac and accept a privacy notice under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website.