Job Description

Job Overview

Are you ready for a new challenge? Would you like to be part of a new and developing CAMHS ED Pathway?


Providing consultation, guidance and support to Children/Young People, care givers, education and other services that can be involved in a child/young person's care.


This is a permanent role within the CAMHS ED outpatients service and requires thinking on your feet and a can-do attitude towards tasks.


We are seeking to recruit a qualified, enthusiastic specialist dietitian who is interested in ARFID. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary specialist team. The successful applicant will support the multidisciplinary team in delivering the latest evidence based dietetic support to clients , carers and families of children and young people who access the service. The team is committed to delivering the highest quality service to enable service users live the life they want. This opportunity gives the successful candidate the chance to influence the success of this innovative service.

Contact details: emma.jordan21@nhs.net or cleo.jones-penlington@nhs.net

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The post-holder will provide a specialist dietetic input to the CAMHS ED outpatients service for young people aged 3 years and over with ARFID. This includes specialist dietetic assessment, treatment, planning, training, development of pathway, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.


The post holder will also provide some dietetic support for other CAMHS ED patients and also contribute to student training and service development.

Key responsibilities:

Working with the CAMHS ED team to develop the ED pathway Dietary assessment and treatment of children and young people with ARFID, together with members of the multi-disciplinary ARFID team Providing evidence-based nutritional recommendations to families, young people and other members of the team Liaising with other services and professionals to implement nutritional recommendations children and young people with ARFID Providing an advisory service for professionals working with other CAMHS Eating Disorder patients

A valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this role. Further details can be found in the attached Job description and Person specification.

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 can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.


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.