Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian - North Essex
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Specialist Dietitian to work in a Community Adult Eating Disorder Service on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract covering maternity leave. The role involves providing specialist dietetic input to adults with eating disorders in the community and Day Care, including the FREED pathway. You will work with service users and multidisciplinary team members to address complex psychological and social factors affecting dietary treatment. Managing severely underweight patients at risk of refeeding syndrome will require collaborative liaison with acute trusts.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the EPUT Eating Disorders Nutrition and Dietetics provision for the north team of the Community Adult Eating Disorder Service.
- Provide specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis and treatment programmes to individual service users with complex dietetic needs within the community eating disorders pathway.
- Provide expert nutritional advice, signposting, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, clients, carers, relatives or other non-professional contacts.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialised dietetic interventions for people with Eating Disorders in community and inpatient settings.
- Formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge, evidence-based practise, national and local guidelines.
- Manage complex and challenging caseloads and appropriately prioritise by need.
Essential criteria
- BSc. or MSc. in Dietetics OR BSc. in relevant science & Post Graduate Diploma or MSc. in Dietetics
- Registration via Healthcare Professions Council
- Evidence of Advanced / Masters level post graduate training e.g. MSC/PG Cert level
- Substantial post qualification clinical dietetic experience in an acute hospital or community setting.
- Significant experience of working with people with Eating Disorders.
- Experience of supervision of students and assistants. Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of delivering MDT Eating Disorder dietetic training both internally and externally
Desirable criteria
- Registered member of the British Dietetic Association
- Experience of running groups
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian - North Essex
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated Specialist Dietitian who has an interest in working in a Community Adult Eating Disorder Service, on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract covering maternity leave. This role is part of the current transformation programme across mental health services within Essex.However, we are a Trust wide service and the postholder will be expected to work in other locations in the Trust as required.
The post holder will provide specialist dietetic input to adults with eating disorders in the community and in Day Care, including in the FREED pathway. It will involve working with service users and multidisciplinary team members to identify and address the complex psychological and social factors that affect the dietary treatment, thus enabling long term/permanent lifestyle changes.
Managing severely underweight patients with Anorexia Nervosa that are at risk of refeeding syndrome whilst in an Acute setting will require collaborative liaison work with the acute trusts.
You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services; working flexibly where appropr
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