Job overview

The Intensive Care Pathway (ICP) is a pathway within the All Age Eating Disorder Service (AAEDS) that delivers intensive short-term treatment to both adults and children with diagnosed eating disorders for those people who may be at risk of hospital admission.

NELFT’s Kent & Medway All Age Eating Disorders Service specialises in the assessment, diagnosis and NICE concordant treatment of young people and adults with Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder & Otherwise Specified Feeding & Eating Disorders).  Additional pathways are being been added to the Service with transformation monies including an Enhanced Care pathway and First Episode Rapid Early Intervention in Eating Disorders (FREED) and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary all age specialist Community Eating Disorder team .   The successful applicant will support this innovative multidisciplinary team in delivering the latest evidence based dietetic support to clients , carers and families of adults and children and young people who access the services. The team is committed to delivering the highest quality service to enable service users live the life they want. This opportunity gives the successful candidate the chance to influence the success of this innovative Eating Disorder service 

Main duties of the job

The team leader for the intensive care pathway, will be expected to operationally manage with the team manager, a team of clinical support workers, psychologists and nurses ensuring the smooth operation of the pathway from referral to discharge and caseload management. There will be some clinical work alongside your colleagues in the ICP team. As a senior member of staff, you will co-ordinate the workload on a regular basis and offer support and supervision to the team. You will chair team meetings and ensure smooth running of the pathway. You will ensure the lone working policy is followed for those working in the community and their whereabouts is known. We are looking for candidates who demonstrate knowledge, understanding and experience of working with the legal frameworks which relate to the care and treatment of children and young people in crisis. 

The post holder will be required to assess and treat all age patients who present with an eating disorder within the ICP pathway.  As the service is exclusively an outpatient service, the post holder will not hold an inpatient case load, but will work with adolescent and adult units  to maintain joint working and smooth transition in and out of inpatient beds. The post holder will attend and participate in MDT team meetings as well as CPA meetings of cases on their case load. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

 NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.