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Job requirements
Essential
27 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Minimum 2 years post qualification experience as a clinical or counselling psychologist
- Experience
Evidence of post-qualification supervised clinical experience in therapeutic intervention and management of children and young people with eating disorders, using family based and cognitive-behavioural assessment and intervention techniques.
- Experience
Experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments
- Experience
Experience of working with children and young people with common mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression
- Experience
Experience of working with children and young people with developmental conditions such as autism and ADHD
- Experience
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience
Experience of working with an intensive community service
- Experience
Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience
Experience of service development
- Experience
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Experience
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- skills and apptitudes
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management with complex cases
- skills and apptitudes
Knowledge of at least two relevant theoretical models and psychological interventions relevant to patients with eating disorders
- skills and apptitudes
Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- skills and apptitudes
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- skills and apptitudes
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and quantitative data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- skills and apptitudes
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- skills and apptitudes
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the British Psychological Society/HCPC
- skills and apptitudes
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- skills and apptitudes
Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting.
- skills and apptitudes
Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
- skills and apptitudes
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
- Personal qualities and attributes
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Personal qualities and attributes
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Education & professional Qualifications
Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
- Education & professional Qualifications
HCPC registration
- Education & professional Qualifications
Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- skills and apptitudes
Familiarity with SPSS databases and statistical package
- skills and apptitudes
High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Personal qualities and attributes
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
- Education & professional Qualifications
Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
Job overview
Are you a clinical or counselling psychologist with significant experience in CAMHS eating disorder work, with a particular interest in working with young people with complex eating disorder presentations including ARFID? This is an opportunity to provide senior psychology input across our community service, including our severe ARFID pathway and our MDT intensive treatment service. Young people using our MDT intensive service often have complex presentations, including for example neurodiversity or trauma, and are at risk of inpatient admissions.
The service is the multidisciplinary North Central London (Royal Free) community CAMHS Eating Disorders team, and we provide community treatment for young people with eating disorders including ARFID. We have a lively and supportive psychology team, and as a senior member you would provide supervision and line management to junior colleagues.
We are a large and friendly MDT based in Hampstead in North London. There is plenty of opportunity for CPD and training, and to be involved in research. Visits and enquiries are welcome.
Main duties of the job
- Providing evidence-based treatments (FTAN, FTBN, CBTE, CBT-AR, AFT) for child and adolescent eating disorders including ARFID as part of the multidisciplinary team, and in conjunction with partner agencies.
- Providing psychological input for patients in our intensive service; through MDT forums, staff support, and some direct work with patients when needed
- In conjunction with the assistant psychologist, to oversee and develop the collection and analysis of outcome data for the intensive service
- Providing psychological therapy focussed on common psychological maintaining factors for eating disorders, such as anxiety, mood problems, perfectionism, poor self-esteem, and emotion regulation difficulties.
- Providing consultation and supervision to junior psychologists and other members of the team as appropriate
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Clinical Counselling Psychologist in CAMHS Eating Disorders with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata plus HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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