Band 7 Eating Disorders CAMHS Therapist

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Generous benefits and training

Support for professional development

Job summary

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Band 7 CAMHS Eating Disorders Therapist for its community CAMHS Eating Disorders team. The post focuses on assessment and therapy using FT-AN and ARFID approaches within a multidisciplinary framework.

The role involves collaboration with schools, families and other health professionals, providing expert clinical input and contributing to service development and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience of specialist multidisciplinary assessment and treatment in CAMHS or eating disorder service.
• Ability to work in a community health care setting within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to work independently and manage own work within supervisory structures.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, NHS policies, and regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide FT-AN therapy and ARFID interventions within a multidisciplinary CAMHS team.
• Collaborate with families, referrers and professionals to coordinate care.
• Manage own caseload with ongoing risk assessment and planning.
• Contribute to service development and expansion of ARFID provision.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

CAMHS Eating Disorders

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Chartered clinical psychologist (BPS)

NMC registration / allied health registration

Job description

Main area Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy, CAMHS Eating Disorders Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 391-NMUH-8155626

Employer Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Mary's House Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 inclusive of Inner HCAS per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59

Band 7 Eating Disorders CAMHS Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician with an enthusiasm for working with this client group to join our busy community CAMHS Eating Disorders team. We are keen to recruit candidates with experience of working in eating disorders or child and adolescent mental health from child & adolescent psychotherapy. We are a multidisciplinary team and there is excellent support within each professional group, and there are good opportunities for training and development in this specialist area.

The primary role will be assessment and therapy work using Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and ARFID (FT-AR) training is available in this model.Successful candidates will also provide other therapeutic interventions within their professional child and adolescent psychotherapy expertise. We are a multidisciplinary team and we work closely with our partner agencies.

We have additional funding to expand our ARFID service. Successful candidates will work as part of our community team, and will also contribute to service development.

Main duties of the job

Providing Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and ARFID other therapeutic interventions, to children and young people with eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Working with the professional network around a child.

Participating in the team’s triage and assessment system.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Job title: Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Telephone number: 020 7794 0500 extn 39930

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

1.1 The post-holder will be a key clinician within the multidisciplinary assessment clinic for new referrals and will be responsible for delivering the FT-AN model where appropriate in a timely, efficient and sensitive manner, working alongside professional colleagues.

1.2 To communicate with the family, referrer, other professionals and the specialist multidisciplinary team in a sensitive and skilled manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans, and co-ordinate a care package appropriate for the client’s needs.

1.3 To assume responsibility for managing own caseload, following the Trust and service protocols. This will include reviewing and assessing the young person’s level of risk on a regular basis changing the treatment plan accordingly and liaising with the young person’s Senior Clinicians as required.

1.4 In conjunction with the specialist multidisciplinary team, to identify and assess the suitability of discipline relevant interventions for cases as identified, incorporating the capacity of the individual, family and network to support the suggested intervention.

1.5 In addition to provision of multidisciplinary assessments, the post-holder will be responsible for carrying out therapeutic assessments relevant to their core discipline, devising a detailed care and treatment plan.

1.6 With reference to own professional limitations ensure excellent communication with colleagues within the CAMHS Eating Disorders Service and generic CAMHS teams when dealing with complex mental health risk assessments for eating disorder clients. Where required ensure safe transfer of care.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Relevant core profession within allied health profession
• 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
• Eligible for Chartership as a clinical Psychologist (BPS)
• Post-graduate training in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy as accredited by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT).
• Recognized postgraduate level training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy conferring eligibility for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists
• Professionally registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists
• Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
• Active Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Experience

• Experience of specialist multidisciplinary assessment and treatment in a CAMHS and/or eating disorder service
• Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team located in a community health care setting
• Ability to work independently and manage own work within multidisciplinary and supervisory structures of the team
• Experience of working with professional networks e.g. education, social services
• Experience of working with children, adolescents and their parents, with a range of mental health difficulties, and reflecting the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of working in a specialist eating disorders service
• Experience of the application of therapy in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with people in groups
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of short and long term therapeutic interventions with individuals and families and its application to Eating Disorders

Skills and aptitudes

• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and adolescents including Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Policies and Procedures.
• Knowledge of NHS, Social Care and Education Structures, National policies and procedures
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks in relation to the patient group
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• Enthusiastic about therapeutic working in Eating Disorder CAMHS settings
• Ability to tolerate anxiety without recourse to premature action whist appreciating the role of the supervisor
• Able to use time effectively and prioritise workload
• Ability to be reflective about own practice and style

Other

• Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting, with evidence of ability to communicate in a way that is understood by professionals without any psychological training
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice.
• Interest in and ability to contribute to service development.
• Basic IT skills including word processing, use of email and internet
• - Concentrating on therapeutic session
• - Ability to sustain mental, emotional demands of working with a potentially life threatening and complex patient group with eating disorders and their families.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of multi‑media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
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Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
• Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
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Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.

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