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Highly Specilaist Clinical Psychologist

East London NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£64,156 - £71,148 per Annam
Profession
Psychologist
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
03 Aug 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
18 Jul 2025

Job overview

The senior therapist will play an integral role in providing quality, person-centered care to young people and families in the Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People (CEDS-CYP).

They will play a role in completing specialist eating disorder assessments that follow standardised protocols. They will use evidence based and NICE concordant interventions for eating disorders to children and young people and their families. They will care coordinate a substantial caseload of assessment, treatment and consultation work, identifying priorities of action in complex circumstances.

The post holder will utilise specialist skills to be able to support and communicate with young people, families and other professionals – building and maintain strong relationships in often highly complex and emotionally distressing circumstances.

This is a senior clinical role, with leadership expectations, which include attending monthly Performance and Quality Meeting, leading on key clinical governance processes such as audit or QI, service development, supporting and supervising junior colleagues, participating in an open, collaborative and learning culture, and regular meetings with the senior leadership team.

Main duties of the job

  • To complete specialist eating disorder assessments within the Community Eating Disorder Service for Children & Young People (CEDS-CYP). Assessments will follow standardised protocols. Assessments will be discussed with the MDT within the CYP-CEDS.
  • To be involved in the multi-disciplinary assessment, diagnosis and treatment of young people with eating disorders in the community.
  • Liaising closely with professionals involved in the care of young people with eating disorders to ensure the provision of quality, person-centered care.
  • Provide NICE concordant specialist interventions (such as FT-AN and FT-BN), within a systemic approach, as part of individualized treatment plans for eating disorders. This includes individual therapy, family therapy and group interventions in accordance with service protocol and pathways.
  • Facilitate group interventions and deliver individual therapy as required.
  • To develop and deliver early intervention support, including consultations, psycho-education, self-help materials where applicable and links to appropriate service user groups.
  • To act as duty senior on the rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing a rapid response to urgent clinical situations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details and description of this post, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.