Eating Disorder Therapist

This Band 7 post sits in the Community Eating Disorder Service for Children & Young People at East London NHS Foundation Trust. The therapist carries out specialist assessments, takes a turn on the duty clinician rota and delivers NICE-concordant psychological treatment to young people and their families. The work spans clinic, community and home settings, and covers co-morbid conditions and an early intervention pathway. Fit depends on a doctorate in clinical, counselling or forensic psychology, or an equivalent such as a Statement of Equivalence.

What the job involves

• Complete specialist eating disorder assessments within CEDS-CYP
• Act as duty clinician on the rota, managing referrals and rapid response to urgent clinical situations
• Deliver evidence-based, NICE-concordant psychological interventions within individualised treatment plans
• Deliver individual and group interventions in clinic, community and home settings
• Take part in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and young people in the community, liaising with health professionals
• Care coordinate a substantial caseload, prioritising actions in complex circumstances
• Communicate with patients, families, carers and other agencies in sensitive, complex and distressing situations
• Evaluate and monitor physical and psychiatric risk, jointly managing it and informing other agencies
• Develop and deliver the early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psychoeducation and self-help materials
• Work with the assistant psychologist and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Contribute to raising awareness of the presentation and prevalence of eating disorders

Qualifications

• Postgraduate doctorate in clinical, counselling or forensic psychology, or equivalent such as a Statement of Equivalence leading to eligibility for Chartered status
• Or a professional psychology qualification while completing training towards a Statement of Equivalence
• Post-qualification training in a relevant field of applied psychology

Experience

• Specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients with complex problems
• Working with patients across a wide range of clinical severity and need
• Working with young people and families, with a special interest in eating disorders
• Involving service users in the coproduction of service delivery
• Teaching, training and supervision

Skills & knowledge

• Awareness of diversity and commitment to a service suited to a diverse population
• Complex psychological assessment, intervention and management, using theoretical models to build formulations
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Delivering individual and group psychological interventions adapted to need

Nice to have

• Experience working across outpatient, inpatient and community care settings

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