Job Description

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.



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.

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).



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.