Clinical Psychologist CYP Eating Disorders

North East London NHS Foundation Trust Eating Disorder service (EDS) offers specialist assessment and treatment to people aged eight and above with no upper age limit. The service works with individuals and their families to support them in their recovery. Services the EDS provide include: Psychological treatments delivered on an individual basis or in a group Dietetic input and nutritional support Medical and nursing assessment and intervention The decision to offer a service will be based upon the individuals ability to benefit from treatments for an eating disorder., The post holder will be required to work jointly across sites to assess and manage service users who present with an eating disorder, primarily working with young people age 18 and below. The post holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and have support of other team members in the management of these cases. The post holders role will include working in outpatient clinics across the community and to work with specialist in-patient units where young people are admitted from the geographical are. The post holder will be expected to attend and participate in MDT team meetings as well as external meetings with stakeholders in relation to improved patient care. The post holder will be an integral member of the established eating disorders community team. They will utilise the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when assessing service users and collaboratively work with both the service user, their family and the team for a timely, appropriate plan to
meet the needs of the patient. This may occur in a highly emotive, sensitive, and contentious atmosphere.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.