NSW Eating Disorder Coordinators

Organisation / Service

NSW Health and InsideOut Institute

The Role of the Eating Disorder Coordinator

The Eating Disorder Coordinator is able to provide clinical consultation and support to teams
treating people with eating disorders. As part of the consultation, the Eating Disorder Coordinator is able to provide the following support:

• Clinical consultations in the case formulation and treatment planning – this includes advising on treatment plans, referral pathways, and supporting the referral process by providing information and forms. Note: The service involves consultation only and is not shared care for the patient. It is the responsibility of the treating team to seek and follow up on input from the Eating Disorder Coordinator.
• Clinical supervision to individual clinicians to build the skills and competencies of clinicians in the assessment and treating of eating disorders
• Resources on the screening and assessments of eating disorders – including screening tools as well as medical and psychological assessment forms
• Provision of structured training to build capacity of services in screening, assessing and treating eating disorders

National Strategy Standards and Actions

Initial Response

Standard 5: Health professionals, mental health professionals and the community can easily access information about the treatment and support options available face-to-face, through telehealth, and online for their region, including brief treatment interventions and peer support programs, to assist referrals during the initial response stage.

Action 5.2: Commonwealth, state and territory governments, and regional health planners to consider
provision of funded community-based eating disorder care navigation roles or mechanisms.

Treatment

Standard 2: Eating disorders clinical support, consultation and system navigation support is accessible to treatment providers (both public and private) across the system of care.

Action 2.1: Commonwealth and state/territory governments to provide funding and accountabilities to public eating disorder-specific treatment services to provide clinical support, consultation and system navigation support within their region.

Action 2.3: Eating disorder service development organisations to continue to provide clinical support, consultation and system navigation support as part of their work.