Clinical 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.

To deliver specialist assessment and treatments to clients with Eating Disorders. To support referrals into the pathway through the appropriate governence. To interface with internal and external agencies to support the detection and assessment of eating disorders.

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.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

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

The post holder will be aligned with our values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

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.

Clinical

1. Ensuring the smooth and effective journey of patients into and through the mild-moderate eating disorder pathway as required.

1. To develop and manage close working relationships with voluntary sector and community organisations and into primary care.

1. Holding a multi-cultural framework in mind, helping to increase accessibility and suitability of our services to BAME communities.

1. To be responsible for undertaking timely complex psychological assessments for individuals with mild-moderate eating disorder symptoms, within the team and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing on evidence-based therapy models, maintaining an open mind to the nature of the difficulties encountered in the work, in consultation with the MDT and under supervision.

1. To provide trauma-informed psychological interventions and provide consultation.

1. To communicate highly complex information and at times emotive information in a trauma-informed way.

Clinical Professional development and governance

1. To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the post holder’s professional and service manager(s).

2. To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinical psychology and related disciplines.

3. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice of the British Psychological Society, standards set by the Health Professions Council for continuing registration and Trust policies and procedures.

4. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jun 2026