Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner & FREED Champion

Senior Eating Disorders Practitioner & FREED Champion role at Phoenix MCT

• Band 7 | Main area:
  Mental Health | Grade:
  Band 7 |
  
  Contract:
  
  13 months (Secondment or Fixed Term from March 2026 to April 2027) |
  
  Hours:
  
  22.5 per week (part‑time, flexible, Thursday required)
• Job  | Site:
  Truro Health Park | Town:
  Truro | Salary: £47,810 – £54,710 pro rata (Yearly) | Closing: 12/01/2026 23:59
• Working pattern 9‑5 Thursday baseline; other days flexible; location flexible across Cornwall.

We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker to lead the FREED Pathway within the Adult Eating Disorder Service. The role will manage a multidisciplinary team, deliver evidence‑based assessments and interventions, and supervise junior staff. This is a fixed‑term contract to support the evolving needs of our service.

• Lead a multidisciplinary team using a whole‑team approach to deliver evidence‑based assessments and interventions that promote engagement and recovery.
• Share in the clinical management of a defined caseload, ensuring service users receive focused, coordinated packages of care tailored to their needs.
• Develop strong interfaces with other services and agencies, fostering collaborative working to enhance outcomes.
• Supervise and support junior team members in line with Trust policy, promoting professional development and high standards of care.
• Work flexibly across Cornwall.

• Current professional registration: NMC or HCPC.
• Professional qualification (RMN, RNLD, RNC, OT, PT, SLT).
• Post‑qualification experience within Mental Health and Eating Disorders.
• Masters level qualification or relevant equivalent experience.
• Excellent teaching, training, and preceptorship skills.
• Ability to teach and train others, using complex multi‑media materials for professional and academic settings.
• Good keyboard skills and adequate computer literacy.

• Experience working with individuals with eating disorders.

• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Commitment to recovery‑focused, person‑centred care.

• Career conversations and individual development plans.
• Protected CPD time for registered staff.
• Access to a dedicated central development fund.
• Leadership and Management development programmes.
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities.
• Clinical induction programme for operational skills.
• Access to a care certificate programme for band 1‑4 clinical staff.
• Bespoke preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff.
• Individual professional development programmes.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Free access to HARP portfolios for nursing staff.
• Free DBS checks where required.
• Discounts from retailers, UK hotels and attractions.
• NHS Pension Scheme.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Reimbursement for EU settlement status application costs for eligible staff.

This position is currently open only to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. Applicants must be current employees of Cornwall Foundation Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, or Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. Successful short‑listed candidates will be contacted via TRAC.jobs for interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health. We aspire to develop, promote and support lived experience roles throughout the organisation.