# Specialist Eating Disorders Dietitian - CAMHS

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Oxford
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Dietitian
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-13T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29T16:01:02.609Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professionals/Allied_Health_Professionals-v8119003
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8119003?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Do you have demonstratable experience working in eating disorders?

Have you worked with children and young people?

With a focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.

We are looking for an individual to join our nationally recognised and expanding Community Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service in Oxfordshire as a Specialist Eating Disorders Dietician.

Our well-established service aims to deliver high standards of care to young people and their families, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and participation. You would ensure we are delivering outstanding services to the children and young people in the Oxfordshire catchment area, and you would be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community. The service is works with children and young people aged from 12 up to 18 years old who experience eating disorders.

We are a friendly and welcoming team looking for a practitioner who puts children and young people at the centre of what they do. We promote a culture of support and supervision and have good links with the other teams across Oxfordshire and ensure that there is regular opportunity for networking with our pathways.

### Main duties of the job

As a band 7 clinician you will provide high quality specialist dietetic care to children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating and Atypical Eating Disorders using effective assessments and evidence-based treatments.

- Hold a clinical case load and have keyworker responsibilities.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering evidence based dietetic interventions for eating disorders and providing robust assessment and management plans, taking appropriate therapeutic risk.

You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings, including regular team safeguarding supervision.

In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.

Applicants should have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

## Job Details

Do you have demonstratable experience working in eating disorders?

Have you worked with children and young people?

With a focus on improving services for children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health CAMHS and make a positive difference to children and young people’s life chances.

We are looking for an individual to join our nationally recognised and expanding Community Child & Adolescent Eating Disorder Service in Oxfordshire as a Specialist Eating Disorders Dietician.

Our well-established service aims to deliver high standards of care to young people and their families, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and participation. You would ensure we are delivering outstanding services to the children and young people in the Oxfordshire catchment area, and you would be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team who offer assessment, treatment, and consultation either in the clinic base or out in the community. The service is works with children and young people aged from 12 up to 18 years old who experience eating disorders.

We are a friendly and welcoming team looking for a practitioner who puts children and young people at the centre of what they do. We promote a culture of support and supervision and have good links with the other teams across Oxfordshire and ensure that there is regular opportunity for networking with our pathways.

## Job Description

As a band 7 clinician you will provide high quality specialist dietetic care to children and young people with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge Eating and Atypical Eating Disorders using effective assessments and evidence-based treatments.

Hold a clinical case load and have keyworker responsibilities.

Work as an autonomous practitioner, delivering evidence based dietetic interventions for eating disorders and providing robust assessment and management plans, taking appropriate therapeutic risk.

You will be offered in house training in a number of evidence-based interventions. There will also be the opportunity for further training based on individual learning needs. We have good professional support in our service and regular professional regional meetings, including regular team safeguarding supervision.

In everything we do, we strive to be caring, safe and excellent. We expect our staff to share and demonstrate these values as we work to constantly improve the quality of care we provide. This ensures that we have the right workforce to deliver effective team-working and excellent patient care and experience.

Applicants should have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

## Responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of eating disorder conditions
- Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice

**Desirable**

- To have knowledge and understanding of the research process

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of supervising qualified staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Recognised Nutrition & Dietetic Degree or equivalent.
- Educated to master’s level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.

**Desirable**

- Evidence of completion of informal/formal leadership training

## Documents

- [specialist eating disorders dietician (pdf, 223.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10415002)
- [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228)

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