Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join Derbyshire Eating Disorders Service.

Are you a Band 6 already working in the field of Mental Health and looking to enhance your experience in to the specialist area of Eating Disorders? Or are you a Band 5 or 6 working in a different speciality and wanting to obtain some experience in Mental Health ?

The successful candidate will be supported and trained by an established and experienced multidisciplinary team to manage a caseload of patients with Eating Disorders which includes Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFID and OSFED.

The post will be based at Unity Mill in Belper; however, ability to travel to various locations across Derbyshire is required.There will also be opportunity for some remote working as part of this role.

If you can demonstrate the willingness to learn and undertake a new challenge, we look forward to hearing from you!

Julie Youle, Lead Eating Disorders Dietitian would welcome your call to discuss the role in more detail. Visits to the base to find out more about the team can be arranged. Please contact Julie on

julie.youle1@nhs.net or 01773 881467

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for a varied clinical caseload and for providing a specialist dietetics service to our community based eating disorders service alongside the multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will gain experience working with a variety of primary eating disorders.

The post holder will be expected to provide high quality, evidence-based assessment and dietetic care plans for people with eating disorders.

Interventions are delivered individually or as part of a group. Consultancy work to other agencies will also be required. As part of the multi-disciplinary team you will be required to attend meetings and help to formulate care plans.

In addition to clinical work, your role may include delivering staff training and taking part in service development projects.

The successful applicant will be supported by a passionate and friendly team who are committed to continued professional development, clinical supervision and training opportunities.

We are a placement provider for student dietitians (A, B, C) from the University of Nottingham and the post holder will be involved in student training.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the Trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities