Band 8b Lead Family Therapist, CAMHS Eating Disorders Service
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £72,921 - £83,362 per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 April 2026 |
| Location: | Hampstead, NW3 1DU |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7821557/391-RFL-7821557 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
The Royal Free CAMHS Eating Disorder Service provides outpatient, intensive day patient, and short-term medical inpatient admission treatment for young people diagnosed with eating disorders. The Eating Disorder Service utilises evidence-based approaches to ED in a range of group, individual and family therapies, working alongside both mainstream and hospital education provision.
The post holder will provide clinical expertise and specialist therapeutic interventions with specific emphasis on eating disorders to referred patients and their families within the Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Service. This will include systemically informed assessment and treatment, delivering the FT-AN treatment model as well as the provision of parent support, group work, and some individual work. The post holder will also provide consultation from a systemic perspective on clients’ psychological care to other colleagues within the team and wider professional network. Alongside delivering FT AN informed treatment, the post holder will be required to deliver Systemic Family Therapy where necessary to enhance treatment outcomes.
· To join with multidisciplinary colleagues in the creation and enhancement of thoughtful and careful formulations, involving the voice and contribution of the family, and drawing on core systemic principles which attend to difference and power within the context of the complex physical and psychological impacts of an eating disorder.
· In conjunction with the specialist multidisciplinary team assess the suitability of a systemic intervention including the capacity of the individual, family and network to support family therapy.
· The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out systemic family therapy assessments, bearing in mind highly complex factors concerning family history, the physical and developmental needs, devising a detailed care plan and providing specialised family therapy interventions using a range of therapeutic skills and knowledge involving observation and systemic techniques.
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.
· The post-holder will be a key clinician within the FT-AN Assessment clinic for new referrals, and will be responsible for delivering the FT-AN model with efficacy to patients and their parents in a timely, efficient and sensitive manner, working alongside professional colleagues.
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Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Apr 2026
The Royal Free CAMHS Eating Disorder Service provides outpatient, intensive day patient, and short-term medical inpatient admission treatment for young people diagnosed with eating disorders. The Eating Disorder Service utilises evidence-based approaches to ED in a range of group, individual and family therapies, working alongside both mainstream and hospital education provision.
The post holder will provide clinical expertise and specialist therapeutic interventions with specific emphasis on eating disorders to referred patients and their families within the Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders Service. This will include systemically informed assessment and treatment, delivering the FT-AN treatment model as well as the provision of parent support, group work, and some individual work. The post holder will also provide consultation from a systemic perspective on clients’ psychological care to other colleagues within the team and wider professional network. Alongside delivering FT AN informed treatment, the post holder will be required to deliver Systemic Family Therapy where necessary to enhance treatment outcomes.
· To join with multidisciplinary colleagues in the creation and enhancement of thoughtful and careful formulations, involving the voice and contribution of the family, and drawing on core systemic principles which attend to difference and power within the context of the complex physical and psychological impacts of an eating disorder.
· In conjunction with the specialist multidisciplinary team assess the suitability of a systemic intervention including the capacity of the individual, family and network to support family therapy.
· The post-holder will be responsible for carrying out systemic family therapy assessments, bearing in mind highly complex factors concerning family history, the physical and developmental needs, devising a detailed care plan and providing specialised family therapy interventions using a range of therapeutic skills and knowledge involving observation and systemic techniques.
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.
· The post-holder will be a key clinician within the FT-AN Assessment clinic for new referrals, and will be responsible for delivering the FT-AN model with efficacy to patients and their parents in a timely, efficient and sensitive manner, working alongside professional colleagues.
·
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Apr 2026