Band 8a Family & Systemic Psychotherapist - Eating Disorders


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Aylesbury, HP20 1EG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Jul 2026
Closing date:	9 Aug 2026

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Summary

About the role As a Family & Systemic Psychotherapist within our Adult Eating Disorders Service, you'll play a key role in delivering specialist assessment and evidence-based systemic interventions for adults and their families. You'll work collaboratively within a well-established multidisciplinary team, contributing systemic formulation, consultation and specialist expertise to support high-quality patient care. You'll receive regular clinical supervision from a Consultant Family & Systemic Psychotherapist and have opportunities to contribute to supervision, teaching, service development and the continued evolution of our specialist service. About our team Our Adult Eating Disorders Service is made up of experienced clinicians from a range of professional backgrounds including family therapy, psychology, psychiatry, nursing and dietetics. We value collaborative working and maintain a strong focus on evidence-based, NICE-concordant practice. We are proud of our supportive team culture and the positive feedback we receive from patients, families and colleagues. We'd love to hear from you If you'd like to find out more before applying, we warmly encourage you to arrange an informal conversation or visit the service. This is an opportunity to meet the team, learn more about how we work and ask any questions you may have about the role. We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

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