Job summary
- Main area
- Band 7 Counselling/Clinical Psychologist: Eating Disorder Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-SS7290143
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Emanuel Miller Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum incl HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Eating Disorder Therapist
Band 7
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Eating Disorder Therapist to join our team. The post holder will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of eating disorder presentations as well as co-morbid mental health conditions to allow for the provision of a holistic care package to the young person. The ideal candidate communicates well, enjoys working with individuals, families and groups and will bring enthusiasm and commitment to the role.
They will complete specialist eating disorder assessments and deliver evidence based and NICE concordant interventions for eating disorders to children and young people and their families within our early intervention and specialist therapy pathways. These interventions may be delivered in clinic, community and home settings; to individuals or groups work, holistically with the multi-disciplinary team to support young people and their families with eating disorders and contribute to increasing awareness of the presentation and prevalence of eating disorders. To develop and deliver our early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psycho education, self-help materials working closely with our assistant psychologist.
We are looking for a someone, who combines experience with working with young people and families with a special interest in eating disorders.
Main duties of the job
To complete specialist eating disorder assessments within the Community Eating Disorder Service for Children & Young People (CEDS-CYP).
To act as the duty clinician on the rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing a rapid response to urgent clinical situations.
To be involved in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and young people with eating disorders in the community, to liaise closely with other health care professionals to ensure a consistent approach.
To provide specialist therapeutic interventions as part of individualised treatment plans based on psychotherapeutic principles which are grounded in evidence based practice and NICE - concordant interventions for eating disorders.
To develop and deliver our early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psychoeducation, self-help materials working closely with our assistant psychologist.
Care coordinate a substantial caseload of assessment, treatment and consultation work, identifying priorities of action in complex circumstances.
To utilise specialist skills in managing and communicating with patients, their families, carers and other agencies in situations that are sensitive, highly complex and may be emotionally distressing.
To evaluate and monitor clinical risk which will include physical and psychiatric risk for appropriate interventions to jointly manage risk and to inform other agencies as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
The East London Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) is a multidisciplinary team including Therapies (family therapy, clinical/ counselling psychology, assistant psychology), Medical (psychiatry and paediatrics), Nursing (mental health and paediatric nursing), Dietetics, Support Workers & Administrative and Operational staff.
Our team covers the East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City & Hackney.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification such as Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status,
- Depending on training needs, may hold a professional qualification in psychology and be undertaking further training to complete requirements for a Statement of Equivalence
- Post-qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and treatment interventions to patients with complex problems
- Experience of working with patients reflecting a wide range of clinical severity and need
- Experience of involving service users in the coproduction of service delivery.
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a range of care settings, including outpatient, inpatient and community
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of diversity, and skills and commitment to provide a service that is appropriate to a diverse population
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, including the use of theoretical models to analyse information and develop formulations upon which to base choice of treatment
- Skills in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Skills in delivering psychological interventions in individual and/or group formats, adapted to meet the needs of the individual or group
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lilas Javeed
- Job title
- Principal Systemic Psychotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8215 5270
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