Job summary
- Main area
- Eating Disorders Service
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 9-5)
- Job ref
- 436-7214979
- Employer
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Barberry
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/07/2025
Employer heading

Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist - Eating Disorders
Band 7
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
This is an exciting post established as part of the Community Mental Health Transformation with a primary focus on supporting the expansion and implementation of FREED (First episode Rapid Early intervention for Eating Disorders) pathway for individuals aged 16 – 25 residing in the Solihull catchment area.
Main duties of the job
The post is based in the Eating Disorders Service at The Barberry in Edgbaston but the post holder will work across different sites covering the Adult Eating Disorder Community Team at the Barberry and TEDS (CYP) Team in Solihull. The post holder has primary responsibility for ensuring the smooth and effective implementation of the FREED pathway. This will involve considerable liaison with, and education of, Primary Care Services, to promote the new treatment pathway. The post will also involve overseeing all referrals for this pathway in conjunction with other team members; offering initial triage and assessment as well as providing evidence-based interventions for the FREED-eligible client group.
Being allied to the multi-disciplinary teams in both the Adult and CYP Eating Disorders Community Services, the post holder will act as a member of the teams, attend meetings and contribute to patient care and treatment within the teams. The post holder will also fulfil an important role of supporting a smooth transition of service users from CYP to the Adult ED Service.
Working for our organisation
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • A recorded/registered qualification eligible for registration with the HCPC or the NMC AND A post graduate qualification to at least diploma level in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Desirable criteria
- • Post-qualification training in specific therapeutic approaches such as MANTRA, EMDR, etc.
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
- • Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups presenting with mental health problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- • Experience of working with clients presenting with Eating Disorders
Skills
Essential criteria
- • 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 in providing consultation and liaison to other professional and non-professional groups
Desirable criteria
- • 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
Essential criteria
- • An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
Desirable criteria
- • An interest in working with people with eating disorders.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelliann Ashmore
- Job title
- Acting Lead Nurse for Eating Disorders
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 301 2410
- Additional information
For additional information, please contact Newman Leung - Consultant Clinical Psychologist on the number above.
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