NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead for Adult Eating Disorders
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Job Overview
We are looking for a Clinical Lead with substantial experience of treating eating disorders to join the established NELFT London Community Eating Disorder Service. The clinical lead will have extensive experience of working in eating disorders and be a fully registered and senior clinical or counselling psychologist.
The successful applicant will have expert knowledge of evidence-based treatments for adults with an eating disorder including advanced knowledge and skills in offering expert supervision and risk assessment.
The successful candidate will play a lead role in shaping the ongoing development of the service and the team, including identifying and responding to new opportunities and further developing our clinical pathways. In line with the NELFT vision, the successful candidate will be committed to developing a service that provides the best possible care for service users and their families, delivered by the best people as well as the maintenance of a mutually supportive and stimulating environment.
The post holder will work closely with MDT colleagues to ensure services run smoothly and efficiently.
Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will work closely with the Assistant Director for eating disorders, the Team Manager, the Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, Senior CNS, and other key members of NELFT's all-age community eating disorder service. With colleagues they will be accountable for the ongoing development and delivery of a comprehensive community eating disorder service for adults with an eating disorder and for the clinical standards to which the service operates. The successful candidate will play a central role in maintaining relationships with key external stakeholders including colleagues in primary care, from North London Adult Provider Collaborative, the ICB, and other statutory and voluntary agencies.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and quality control to ensure adherence to the evidence-based model in eating disorders and ongoing therapist development.
The post holder will set, implement, and evaluate clear, achievable, and measurable objectives with the Assistant Director, Team Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, and pathway leads.
The post holder will have organizational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
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The post holder will be responsible for managing their own workload, prioritizing tasks effectively, and ensuring deadlines are met. They will be expected to work independently as well as part of a team, demonstrating flexibility and a commitment to high standards. The role may involve working across multiple sites and requires excellent communication and organizational skills.
In collaboration with NELFT EDS senior colleagues, provide leadership and oversight and deliver on initiatives that advance the level of care and service provision.
Demonstrate creativity and motivation to ensure staff personal development plans and training needs are addressed.
Coordinate the implementation of service developments and changes ensuring all operational implications are considered and disruption to service delivery is minimized.
Actively promote integrated health professional working.
Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognized in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients, and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process, new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
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Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part-time).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organization, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience, and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills, and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
Name: Rory Harnett
Job Title: Assistant Director Eating Disorders
Contact Number: 0300 555 1216
Email: Rory.harnett@nhs.net
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