Job Description

Job Overview

As part of an exciting expansion of our award-winning specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder team, we are looking to recruit a substantive part time Band 3 Senior Health Care Support Worker. This role is vital to the running of our service and supporting our patients and their families.


In the CAMHS Eating Disorders Team, we offer early specialist assessment and intervention using evidence based approaches to young people up to the age of 18 and their family/carers. The team are centrally based at Mawson House, Leicester.


The post holder will support the monitoring and intervention for our patients who are either in treatment or awaiting allocation internally. You will play a significant role in helping us achieve the team vision of delivering high quality, innovative and effective treatments for young people diagnosed with eating disorders.


You will work closely within our cohesive MDT, comprising of psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, nursing, occupational therapy, dietetics and family therapy. Liaising with the team to contribute to the overall care package and patient recovery.


We take pride in working together to maintain a supportive and friendly workplace that enables our staff to thrive and influence meaningful change to the lives of the young people and families accessing our service. The post holder will have an in depth training package to develop skills needed for this role as well as regular group and one to one supervisions to support them and their career progression.

An understanding of mental health and an interest in eating disorders is important for this role. But previous experience of working with eating disorders is not essential.


The service is research active and has engaged in some exciting local, national and international research opportunities.


We are especially keen to hear from candidates who reflect the diverse communities we serve in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

Informal enquiries and visits are welcomed. Please contact: Bethan Jones - Specialist Eating Disorders Nurse, email: bethan.jones210@nhs.net, contact: 0116 295 0310

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

Main duties will involve participating in our Monitoring Clinics, this includes:

Physical health assessments

+ Performing and recording electronically a patient's vital signs as directed reporting findings to the registered practitioner or clients Lead Professional i.e. Temperature, Blood Pressure, Respiration, Oxygen Saturation, and Pulse, as well as an eating disorder specific physical health assessment (training will be provided on this).
+ To correctly record and monitor dietary intake of patients, informing registered practitioners of progress and / or any difficulties relating to dietary / fluid intake experienced by the patient.

Mental Health check in's

: + Undertake supportive therapeutic observations and record, escalate appropriately, this may be over the phone or in-person
+ Chaperoning the client as delegated in accordance with policy ensuring appropriate support to the patients
Monitor and maintain the environment, equipment and resources; perform first line calibration on clinical equipment and manage stock control

Outside of monitoring clinics candidates may need to support our Home Intervention Team, this will involve:

Undertaking supportive therapeutic observations, meal support and distraction techniques in client's Homes or in Hospital settings and record, escalate appropriately to registered practitioners.

For more details, please see the attached and Person Specification. Please note, this role requires a full UK Driving License and access to a car during working hours.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.