Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-CLI-7195959
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Michael Rutter Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum incl. of inner HCAs pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CAMHS Highly Specialist Practitioner (N&S ARFID)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
We are inviting applications from enthusiastic and experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologists/Family Therapists/Clinical Nurse Specialists for a Band 8a post in our ARFID Team, as part of our eating disorders service for children and young people. Are you someone who enjoys working with young people, is a team player, and is willing to be flexible according to client need? Do you have experience working with children and young people with eating difficulties or neurodiversity? Do you love to learn and want to make a real contribution to developing excellent standards of care? If so, we are keen to meet you and welcome applications from those who may be newly qualified.
We are a friendly, welcoming, innovative, national and specialist eating disorders team (ARFID) working with young people (2 - 18 years) and their families. We offer inclusive and supportive team environments and are keen to support your professional development and wellbeing. Our multi-disciplinary team includes Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Dietetic, Psychiatry, Art Therapy and Paediatric posts, supported by a friendly Admin Team.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide a specialist service including assessment, treatment, monitoring of outcomes and the provision of clinical supervision, consultation and training. The post holder will also contribute to service evaluation, research and policy development. There are many opportunities available within the service in relation to continued professional development.
Key responsibilities:
• To provide specialist psychotherapeutic/ clinical intervention services to the MCCAED ARFID team including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate, functioning as a specialist in eating disorders in children and young people.
• To work as an autonomous professional within BPS, HCPC and other professional guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
Working for our organisation
About our locations:
Maudsley Hospital (headquarters)
Our Trust headquarters is located at Denmark Hill less than 5 minutes from the train station (zone 2) and is within walking distance from the beautiful green spaces of Ruskin Park and the vibrant high-street that offers great shopping opportunities and with a wide range of restaurants.
Flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 08:00 to 18:00, giving you the very best of good work life balance.) (this may include working early mornings or late evenings and some Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To provide highly specialist assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in MCCAED ARFID Service including relevant specialist child and adolescent eating disorder assessment and treatment at levels expected of a psychologist/family therapist/clinical nurse specialist who has achieved Doctoral level training with additional post-qualification specialist development.
• To provide culturally appropriate clinical interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
• To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
• To act as care coordinator taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviewing care plans, CPA co-ordination and meetings.
• To contribute to the effective working of the team or service and to a psychologically informed framework for the service.
• To contribute to the team or service’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
• To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
• To advise other members of the service on specialist clinical care of clients.
• To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
• To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Entry-level qualification in Applied Psychology (professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level additional training)/Family Therapy/Mental Health Nursing that has been accepted by the relevant body for professional registration. (A/I)
- Additional training in a specialised area of clinical practice through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses, or an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical practice, assessed by an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma. (A/I)
- Registered with the relevant registering body and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the registering body. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification, management training course completion or line management experience
Experince
Essential criteria
- Evidence of having worked as a clinical specialist under supervision in eating disorders (A/I)
- Post-qualification experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of, diversity within local communities. (A/I)
- Experience of carrying out research, audit or service evaluation projects. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with ARFID and their families (A/I)
- Experience of working with children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families (A/I)
Understanding and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised clinical assessments and interventions for ARFID (A/I)
- Theoretical knowledge of psychopathology and the evidence base for the relevant treatment for ARFID in children and adolescents. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Understanding and knowledge of child protection procedures and safeguarding (A/I)
- Understanding and knowledge of CAMHS care pathways within the NHS (A/I)
Skills
Essential criteria
- To deliver clinical interventions across cultural and other differences. (A/)
- To communicate skilfully and sensitively complex and sensitive information with clients, carers and colleagues overcoming barriers to communication including sensory, and emotional difficulties, cultural differences and hostility to or rejection of information. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Skills in providing consultation to other teams / professionals /trainees (A/I)
- Skills in delivering CBT with young people (A/I)
- Skills in delivering behavioural interventions with young people (A/I)
Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to effective team functioning and holding team roles. (A/I)
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic meetings (A/I)
- Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, or with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work with young people with neurodevelopmental diverse groups, such as people with ASC (A/I)
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
- Dr Jane McNicholas
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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