Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/CBT Therapist | North London NHS Foundation Trust

The post lies within the new mild-moderate eating disorder pathway which will serve all five boroughs within the North London Foundation Trust. Each post holder will be allocated to one of the five boroughs and sit within the core teams to provide psychological assessment, treatment, consultation and training to those with mild-moderate eating disorders.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification

The role will entail assessing and treating individuals with mild-moderate eating disorder symptoms, within and across core teams in one allocated borough. The post holder will work collaboratively with the core teams to identify and coordinate referrals into the pathway. They will screen and assess relevant individuals for the pathway in order to deliver evidence based treatments for eating disorders including CBT-ED and CBT-T. They will consult with the moderate-severe St Ann’s Eating Disorder Service (SEADS) to discuss cases that may require a step-up in treatment or medical monitoring and liaise with the SAEDS for cases that need to be stepped down to the Eating Disorder Recovery hubs. They will be responsible for promotion of the pathway within their borough, including providing training and consultation within the core team and with other relevant services. The post holder will also help co-ordinate and maintain spaces for reflective practice, CPD and training where required. This post would be suitable for someone who is passionate about eating disorders and wants to make a real difference in the lives of those suffering with eating disorders. It will also need someone who is well organised and is able to help develop the new pathway within their core team. A team player will also be essential to enable collaborative working with other services across the partnership.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

The post holder will assess and deliver evidence-based treatments for mild-moderate eating disorders within their allocated core team, with support and leadership from the pathway lead. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a new pathway to help treat a previously unserved population.

Please see attached document for full job description and person specification

This advert closes on Sunday 2 Aug 2026