# Family & Systemic Psychotherapist - Adult Eating Disorders

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Cotswold House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 28 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-21T09:00:48.826Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Marlborough/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Mental_Health/Adult_Mental_Health-v8178287
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8178287?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you a qualified Family & Systemic Psychotherapist looking to work within a specialist Adult Eating Disorders Service?

We're looking for a qualified Family & Systemic Psychotherapist registered with UKCP (or an equivalent professional body) to join our established multidisciplinary team in Wiltshire. This part-time role (28 hours per week) offers the opportunity to deliver specialist assessment and evidence-based family interventions for adults with eating disorders and their families.

### Main duties of the job

- Provide specialist systemic assessment and formulation for inpatients with complex eating disorders and co-occurring mental health difficulties.
- Deliver evidence-based family and systemic psychotherapy interventions to patients, families, carers, couples and wider support networks.
- Offer group supervision sessions to the MDT
- Manage a complex caseload with autonomous clinical decision-making
- Support staff in developing their systemic thinking and practice through teaching, consultation, and supervision.
- Offer highly specialist systemic consultation to MDT colleagues regarding systemic aspects of care, risk, engagement, and recovery

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant post-qualification experience as a Systemic Psychotherapist and family therapy process relevant to client group
- Experience of assessment / intervention with adults and families in a mental health or equivalent setting

**Desirable**

- Experience within specialists eating disorder services
- Experience of Service Development, audit, research or quality improvement initiatives

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Masters Level qualification systemic psychotherapy
- Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
- Firs Professional qualification in a relevant discipline

**Desirable**

- UKCP Registered Supervisor

## Documents

- [job description - family & systemic psychotherapist (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10481272)
- [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228)

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