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Highly Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian (CAMHS) - 30 hpw
The closing date is 15 September 2025
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 15/09/2025
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 22/09/2025
Bradford Nutrition and Dietetic Service
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate dietitian to work with our existing Band 7 Dietitian providing leadership in nutritional care for children and young people with eating disorders.
You will be a fully integrated member of both our partner organisation Bradford District Care Foundation Trust's (BDCFT) Children and Young People's Community Eating Disorder Service (CYP CEDS) and the Dietetic Service within Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT).
CYP CEDS is a dedicated and friendly service working across Bradford District and Craven CAMHS, treating a range of diagnosable eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and ARFID. The multi-disciplinary team includes psychology, psychiatry, nursing, dietetics, family therapists, mental health practitioners and associate practitioner roles. The family therapy FT-AN, FT-BN approach is at our core.
Bradford's Nutrition & Dietetic Service is a large dynamic team of Dietitians and Assistant Practitioners working in Acute, Community and Primary Care settings, supported by an excellent administrative team with good IT and library facilities.
Main duties of the job
To act as a source of expertise in the dietetic management of eating disorders in the CAMHS specialist eating disorder and intensive home treatment service across Bradford and Airedale.
To educate and provide training for the multi-disciplinary team, health care professionals, patients and carers.
To provide a high quality specialist dietetic service to young people and their families in the community with a range of eating disorders
To support BTHFT paediatric dietitians in the management of refeeding risk for young people with eating disorders admitted for acute in-patient care.
Applicants must be HCPC registered dietitians, who have obtained relevant clinical dietetic experience and expertise in eating disorder management in an NHS/specialist eating disorder setting and who are car drivers with access to a car to meet the requirement for regular travel across organisational sites (reasonable adjustments will be considered)
About us
At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we're passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We're keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the values of Bradford Nutrition and Dietetic Services - Leading Nutrition, Valuing People and Showing Our Worth.
Your personal development will be fully supported through a professional development framework including dietetic clinical supervision.
We are an agile and digitally enabled team working across community and in-patient sites with an element of home working also supported.
Job responsibilities
You will fully participate in the training of B and C Placement student dietitians including end of week supervisor.
Please see attached job description for more detail.
Person Specification
Experience
* Extensive relevant post graduate dietetic experience in a range of clinical settings including with young people and adolescents
* Post graduate dietetic experience within an NHS or private specialist eating disorder service
* Membership and experience of working with a relevant specialist dietetic/BDA group
Skills
* Excellent written skills with accuracy and attention to detail in written communication
* Able to utilise technology to support dietetic care including: Literature searches, food analysis programmes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams
Knowledge
* In-depth understanding of dietetic interventions for eating disorders
* In-depth understanding of mental capacity and safeguarding in relation to working with children and young people with eating disorders
* Knowledge of the different dietary and social factors within Bradford District
* Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
Qualifications
* Specialist and mandatory training relevant to the specialist area
* Clincial supervisory skills training
* Leadership training
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.
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum (pro rata)
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