Eating Disorder Clinical Lead - Band 6
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 04/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Eating Disorder Clinical Lead within a multi-disciplinary, age-independent, inpatient Eating Disorders Unit. The post holder will ensure adherence to organisational systems and processes, manage competing priorities, and drive change in complex situations. They will provide clinical knowledge, contribute to staff and service development, and support audit and quality improvement initiatives. Key responsibilities include undertaking assessments, providing evidence-based interventions, and offering clinical leadership.
Essential criteria
- Relevant Professional Qualification i.e. RMN/HCPC
- Current unrestricted registration with governing body
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
- Effective organisational and delegation skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issues
- Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
- Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management.
- Experience of safeguarding and investigations
- Experience of people management
- Relevant Professional Qualification i.e. RMN/HCPC
- Current unrestricted registration with governing body
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
- Effective organisational and delegation skills
- Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issues
- Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
- Experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management.
- Experience of safeguarding and investigations
- Experience of people management
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The post holder will be required to work within a multi-disciplinary age independent, inpatient Eating Disorders Unit
The post holder will ensure that all organisational systems and processes are adhered to. The post holder will manage and organise competing and conflicting priorities and manage change in complex situations.
The post holder will be a resource of clinical knowledge and competence in the service area contributing to staff and service development. They support on audit, guidelines and quality improvement approaches to ensure the highest standards of safety and quality in their area. The post holder will be required to undertake trusted assessments, provide evidence-based clinical interventions and clinical leadership.
Main duties of the job
- Work as an integrated member of the team, withall service users' needs within the unit,and hold a designated named clinician case load.
- Formulate and coordinating holistic assessment of mental and physical needs.
- To be Nurse in Charge (NIC) and shift management.
- To supervise and develop junior staff member, with responsibility for ensuring junior staff, students and trainees have specific role competency sign off.
- Ensure there is a robust process for care plan formulation, review, evaluatetreatment and safety plans and report back to multi-professional team.
- Contribute to the maintenance and
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