Are you an experienced Mental Health Practitioner with experience in Eating Disorders? Would you like to work for an outstanding Trust? We have a unique band 7 role within our friendly Eating Disorders Service for a FREED specialist (First episode and Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders). We are looking for practitioners with a qualification in psychotherapy, psychology, nursing or social work who are able to deliver evidence-based therapy for eating disorders About FREED The FREED initiative is an early intervention designed for young people with a first episode primary eating disorder of up to three years duration. FREED provide rapid access to treatment and tailors treatment to the specific needs of young people. The aim is to reduce the duration of an untreated eating disorder, and promote recover. The Hertfordshire Adult Eating Disorders Service is currently consolidating its’ expansion to enable delivery of FREED (First episode Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders) (see https://freedfromed.co.uk/), alongside their existing service. The post holder has primary responsibility for ensuring its smooth and effective implementation. This will involve considerable liaison with Primary Care Services, education and promotion of the treatment pathway. The post holder manages all referrals for this pathway and offers initial triage, as well as providing a clinical service to people experiencing an eating disorder. The Successful Candidate Will manage all referrals accessing the service via the FREED pathway, including initial triage and subsequent allocation lead a regular ‘FREED Huddle’ in the team, bringing together all clinicians involved in the FREED service delivery assess patients referred to the service & co-produce appropriate treatment plans use appropriate evidence-based treatment such as MANTRA, CBT-E, SSCM etc manage and oversee management and care of service users with highly complex needs produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of accurate and timely documentation conduct and supervise assessment and observation to ensure appropriate and timely feedback to the team conduct, supervise and oversee risk assessments of the individual highly complex cases and the potential hazards in the service user’s environment In Return, We Can Offer You leadership and management training opportunities 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata) 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable) One of the UK's best pension schemes Free Pilates lessons Comprehensive health and wellbeing services Special leave for family and personal reasons NHS Car Lease Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. Our Trust Values Are The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be? For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christian Koebbel Job title: Consultant Counselling Psychologist Email address: c.koebbelnhs.net