Central and East Eating Disorders Service

Central and East Eating Disorders Service is a team based at Northgate hospital in Great Yarmouth and The Lighthouse at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich. We are a diverse multidisciplinary team, dedicated to supporting children, young people and their families who are living with eating disorders and supporting them to recovery.

Your Role

Your role would involve:

• Holding a caseload of young people with a diagnosable eating disorder
• Providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions for young people and their families, following evidence-based models to support your practice
• Undertaking assessments of new referrals
• Monitoring physical health and coordinating the care of young people on the caseload

You will be part of a diverse and active MDT, supporting young people and their families through recovery. There is a strong emphasis on systemic work within this specialism, so skills in working with families as well as the young person is key.

Responsibilities

• Holding a caseload of children and young people and seeing them weekly for appointments
• Liaising with other professionals, both within the team and externally to coordinate care
• Completing assessments of new referrals to the service
• Attending MDT meetings for young people on your caseload
• Working closely with families and other professionals to support the best outcome for young people
• Monitoring physical health and escalating care in line with MEED guidelines
• Completing allocated duty tasks on your allocated duty day
• Keeping comprehensive and contemporaneous clinical documentation
• Working as part of an MDT