Lead Occupational Therapist – Community Adult Eating Disorder Service: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 51,657 to 58,785 £ / Year

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Our friendly and growing team is ready to welcome a new team member who will share our passion for improving access and the quality of care for people with eating disorders.

We are looking for a dynamic, creative, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who has a demonstrable interest in working with clients suffering with an eating disorder and developing OT provision.

You will receive regular professional and management supervision and will be supported to develop skills in this specialist area. Initially you would be able to work closely alongside a more experienced member of staff to support you to develop skills and gain confidence if eating disorders is a new field for you.

This post is based with the south team at Sankey House, Pitsea. However, it will involve some working across the Trust e.g. in supervising an OT in the north team.

Main duties of the job

  • To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases.
  • To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required, utilising occupational therapy theory and outcome measures as appropriate.
  • To undertake specialist treatment planning using expert clinical reasoning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans with clients and carers.
  • To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies at formal and informal meetings.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma / Degree (Bsc / Msc) in Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC Registered
  • Mentorship/Accredited Fieldwork Educator / Mentor
  • Additional specialist training within mental health/leadership to Master’s or equivalent
  • Highly specialist knowledge developed and supported theory and experience
  • Good standard of written and spoken English
  • High standard of education

Desirable

  • Member of BAOT

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of eating disorders theory and practice
  • Knowledge of risks that are particularly pertinent to eating disorders
  • Expert knowledge of OT models of practice and specialist OT assessments and the evaluation of treatment interventions using outcomes frameworks

Desirable

  • Sensory Integration Training
  • Direct experience of working with patients with Eating Disorders

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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