Job Description

National and Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (N&S CAMHS) are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and skilled Principal (band 8b) CAMHS Practitioner to the Outpatient Team at the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED). The post holder will join a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing specialist assessment, formulation and treatment to young people with eating disorders, and their families.



We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to more senior positions. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in evidence-based treatments for eating disorders.



An opportunity to manage and lead a highly specialist, multi-disciplinary child and adolescent eating disorder service Supervise and manage a range of senior clinicians providing specialist clinical interventions Deliver and supervise individual, family and group therapy interventions for young people with eating disorders and their families. Take on a senior leadership position within the wider MCCAED service Lead on several areas of service development and staff wellbeing

Michael Rutter Centre, Maudsley Hospital

We are located off Denmark Hill on De Crespigny Park which 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. (Due to move to the Pears Maudsley Children and Young People (PMCYP) at the Maudsley Hospital in late 2025/early 2026)

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 8am to 6pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance. You may also be required to work up until 6.30pm to cover meals on a rotated basis giving you the very best of good work life balance. (This may include working early mornings, later evenings or Saturdays as part of the core working hours/working pattern for this post)



Support with leadership and management of the multi-disciplinary team of specialist clinicians supporting young people with eating disorders and their family members Deliver highly specialist individual, family, group and multi-family clinical interventions Provide high quality supervision and management to senior MCCAED team members Deliver national and international teaching, consultation and training in the models of treatment offered at MCCAED Support the operational management of the service, including rostering, leave management, performance management and recruitment * Work closely with the senior leadership team within MCCAED