# CAMHS Eating Disorder Specialist Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-eating-disorder-specialist-nurse/40ec9de0-9b19-403c-b14e-31057740148a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/camhs-eating-disorder-specialist-nurse/40ec9de0-9b19-403c-b14e-31057740148a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Southampton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 to £48,117 a year - **Contract type:** Secondment - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-06-20T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T12:04:17.767Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9348-26-1122?employerCode=C9348 - **Application URL:** https://southernhealth.tal.net/vx/candidate/apply/11453?instant=apply - **Employer website:** https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and skilled Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Nurse. This is an opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to work within our Specialist Eating Disorder team and to join our multidisciplinary Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CCAMHS) on the Isle of Wight. This is a secondment post to provide cover for absence for specific purpose that we anticipate will be required for 6 months. We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our CAMHS Team, you will be joining a strong and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers inspiring colleagues. You will play a crucial role in providing and being responsible for ensuring the provision of safe services for all people using the Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The post holder will support the Eating Disorder Clinical Lead to ensure the delivery of an Eating Disorder pathway for young people and their families using the service. You will be expected to manage a caseload of young people with eating difficulties who may also have co-morbid mental health difficulties and you will have co-ordinated responsibility for the young people. The role involves multi-disciplinary working and bespoke packages of care that are evidence informed and following NICE guidelines standards.. The post holder will carry out comprehensive assessments and interventions supported by the team within Tier 3 CCAMHS and hold their own caseload. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will be responsible in collaboration with the team for Eating Disorder assessments and interventions of children and young people referred to our service: the ability to make balanced decisions and use a positive approach whilst managing potentially high pressure situations is an essential part of the role. The post involves interagency liaisons with all the local authority and third sector services, Child and Family Social Services, Education department and other agencies, as required. The post will primarily be based at the CCAMHS clinic and you may also be required to work with young people and their families within their own home or Paediatric ward at the local hospital St Mary's. ### About us Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives. Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence ### Details - Date posted: 08 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 6 - Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year - Contract: Secondment - Duration: 6 months - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 348-CSS-11453 - Job locations: Newport Clinic, 7 Pyle Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1JW, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and skilled Band 6 Specialist Mental Health Nurse. This is an opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to work within our Specialist Eating Disorder team and to join our multidisciplinary Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CCAMHS) on the Isle of Wight. This is a secondment post to provide cover for absence for specific purpose that we anticipate will be required for 6 months. We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate individual to join our CAMHS Team, you will be joining a strong and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers inspiring colleagues. You will play a crucial role in providing and being responsible for ensuring the provision of safe services for all people using the Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The post holder will support the Eating Disorder Clinical Lead to ensure the delivery of an Eating Disorder pathway for young people and their families using the service. You will be expected to manage a caseload of young people with eating difficulties who may also have co-morbid mental health difficulties and you will have co-ordinated responsibility for the young people. The role involves multi-disciplinary working and bespoke packages of care that are evidence informed and following NICE guidelines standards.. The post holder will carry out comprehensive assessments and interventions supported by the team within Tier 3 CCAMHS and hold their own caseload. ## Job Description The post holder will be responsible in collaboration with the team for Eating Disorder assessments and interventions of children and young people referred to our service: the ability to make balanced decisions and use a positive approach whilst managing potentially high pressure situations is an essential part of the role. The post involves interagency liaisons with all the local authority and third sector services, Child and Family Social Services, Education department and other agencies, as required. The post will primarily be based at the CCAMHS clinic and you may also be required to work with young people and their families within their own home or Paediatric ward at the local hospital St Mary's. ## Responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - *RMN with live NMC registration. Allied Health Professional Psychologist Occupational therapist or Social worker with appropriate current registration - *Evidence of on-going development and post registration training. - *Post registration training in evidence based psychological treatments - *Nurse Mentorship Qualification/Practice Teaching or equivalent qualification to supervise ## Documents - [CAMHS ED Nurse - JD.pdf (PDF, 409 KB)](document:2950242) - [EmployeeBenefits_hiowh_v1-compressed_3.pdf (PDF, 1002 KB)](document:2950243) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.