<div><p>Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p><h3>Senior Eating Disorder Practitioner</h3><p><b>The closing date is 22 June 2026</b></p><p>We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior Practitioner to join the Connect: West Yorkshire Eating Disorder Service on a 1‑year contract to cover maternity leave. We are looking for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse or Occupational Therapist to join our award‑winning team.</p><p>The service delivers community treatment to Leeds and West Yorkshire residents with a diagnosed eating disorder. In addition, the service also provides care and support and aims to improve patients quality of life and manage physical risks associated with this client group. The successful candidate will work across these pathways, so flexibility and adaptability are essential.</p><p>The community service is CCG commissioned, and treatment will be focused on recovery from the individuals eating disorder.</p><p>The service has a number of pathways tailored to treat our patient group. As a member of the team you will be involved with patients who have signed up to a pathway within Connect and will deliver specific treatment interventions on a 1:1 basis, plus co‑facilitate group work for a defined group of patients.</p><h3>Main duties of the job</h3><p>It is desirable that the successful candidate has experience working with this client group, either in an inpatient or outpatient/community setting, and is enthusiastic and motivated to work with individuals with different and often complex needs.</p><p>You will provide a high standard of care to an allocated group of West Yorkshire service users with a diagnosis of eating disorders in the community as part of a remote‑working and home‑intervention programme. You will work as part of a developing multi‑disciplinary team to provide a high‑quality service to people with eating disorders and will be responsible for your own clinical caseload and assist the service in providing integrated and comprehensive treatment programmes. Working within a community setting you will assess, plan and manage the complex needs of individuals with eating disorders, whilst also assessing for any psychiatric co‑morbidity and other relevant needs with support from the MDT. You will also participate in the planning and delivery of a group therapy programme which is in line with evidence‑based practice treatment outlined within NICE guidance.</p><h3>About us</h3><p>The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.</p><p>Benefits include fantastic employee well‑being support, 27–33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support, alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS discount offers.</p><p>Applicants requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles (this does not include healthcare support workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.</p><h3>Person Specification</h3><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Professional Registration</li></ul><h3>Experience</h3><ul><li>Eating disorders experience or interest</li><li>Clinical experience</li></ul><h3>Skills</h3><ul><li>Good communication skills across services</li></ul><h3>Values Based</h3><ul><li>Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.</li><li>Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.</li><li>Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.</li></ul><h3>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3><p>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.</p><h3>Address</h3><p>CONNECT: The West Yorkshire Adult Eating Disorder Service</p></div>