Band 7 Eating Disorders CAMHS Therapist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 inclusive of Inner HCAS per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW3 1DU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	25 Nov 2026

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Summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician with an enthusiasm for working with this client group to join our busy community CAMHS Eating Disorders team. We are keen to recruit candidates with experience of working in eating disorders or child and adolescent mental health from child & adolescent psychotherapy. We are a multidisciplinary team and there is excellent support within each professional group, and there are good opportunities for training and development in this specialist area.

The primary role will be assessment and therapy work using Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and ARFID (FT-AR) training is available in this model. Successful candidates will also provide other therapeutic interventions within their professional child and adolescent psychotherapy expertise. We are a multidisciplinary team and we work closely with our partner agencies.

We have additional funding to expand our ARFID service. Successful candidates will work as part of our community team, and will also contribute to service development.

Providing Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and ARFID other therapeutic interventions, to children and young people with eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Working with the professional network around a child.

Participating in the team’s triage and assessment system.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

For further details / informal visits contact

Name: Elizabeth Anscombe

Job title: Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Email address: elizabeth.anscombe@nhs.net

Telephone number: 020 7794 0500 extn 39930

Clinical responsibilities

1.1 The post-holder will be a key clinician within the multidisciplinary assessment clinic for new referrals and will be responsible for delivering the FT-AN model where appropriate in a timely, efficient and sensitive manner, working alongside professional colleagues.

1.2 To communicate with the family, referrer, other professionals and the specialist multidisciplinary team in a sensitive and skilled manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans, and co-ordinate a care package appropriate for the client’s needs.

1.3 To assume responsibility for managing own caseload, following the Trust and service protocols. This will include reviewing and assessing the young person’s level of risk on a regular basis changing the treatment plan accordingly and liaising with the young person’s Senior Clinicians as required.

1.4 In conjunction with the specialist multidisciplinary team, to identity and assess the suitability of discipline relevant interventions for cases as identified, incorporating the capacity of the individual, family and network to support the suggested intervention.

1.5 In addition to provision of multidisciplinary assessments, the post-holder will be responsible for carrying out therapeutic assessments relevant to their core discipline, devising a detailed care and treatment plan.

1.6 With reference to own professional limitations ensure excellent communication with colleagues within the CAMHS Eating Disorders Service and generic CAMHS teams when dealing with complex mental health risk assessments for eating disorder clients. Where required ensure safe transfer of care.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Nov 2026

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