Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for 8a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in the Psychological Therapies Team within the Eating Disorders Service.

The Eating Disorders Service at St Ann's Hospital in Haringey provides comprehensive care for patients 18 years old and above with a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder. It is one of the largest units in the country providing services to a catchment area that includes North Central London, North East London and parts of Essex. The service provides intensive inpatient treatment on Iris ward which is located in a newly built state of the art mental health building, Blossom Court. The service also includes our outpatient services, community liaison services, and a day programme located in a newly renovated purpose designed unit.

The Psychological Therapies team is responsible for providing assessment and treatment across all areas of the service including inpatient, outpatient, and the day programme. The majority of the clinical work, both individual and group, uses a broadly cognitive behavioural framework, which is tailored to the presenting eating disorder and any co-morbid conditions, but also includes MANTRA and SSCM approaches. There may also be opportunities to support pilot pathways in Schema Therapy and Focal Psychodynamic Therapy.

Main duties of the job
As a successful candidate, you will be working predominantly in the Outpatient Service which consists of a multidisciplinary team of Psychiatry, Psychology, Community Liaison Nursing, Dietitians, Occupational Therapy, and Peer Support. You will be providing treatment for Outpatients as well as supervising and managing Assistant Psychologists, Trainees and Band 7 Psychologists. You will also be supporting the Principal Psychologist and Therapies Lead by representing the Psychological Therapies Team in several MDT meetings weekly, managing the waiting lists, overseeing the planning for groups, assisting in recruitment and attending risk meetings on behalf of the therapies team.

Being part of the Psychological Therapies Team you will attend, and frequently chair, the weekly Psychological Therapies meeting, and receive weekly supervision from the Principal Psychologist to support your work. You will also attend fortnightly CPD sessions arranged for the Psychological Therapies Team as well as a monthly Clinical Improvement Group where the whole service meets on a monthly basis and a fortnightly reflective practice group.

As a Psychological Therapies Team, we take pride in working together to maintain a supportive and friendly workplace where we can all deliver quality treatment for our patients as well as creating the welcoming atmosphere where we are happy to work.

About us
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:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• 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.

Details
Date posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £66,274 to £73,496 a year per annum including HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-0993
Job locations: St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, Tottenham, N15 3TH, United Kingdom

Job description
Please see the job description and person specification document for full details of the main responsibilities.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or BPS accredited equivalent), including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics, and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC Registration

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with people with eating disorders.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or providing supervision for others.

Demonstration of values
Essential

• Ability to provide clear examples of how they have demonstrated the core values in their previous work experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, Tottenham, N15 3TH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Principal Psychologist and Therapies Team Lead, Julie Evans
Email: julie.evans46@nhs.net
Phone: 02087026240