Clinical Psychologist – Eating Disorders Service
Closing date: 06 July 2026
This post holder will work across two sites: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Blossom House, Alder Park, Waterloo.
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Main duties of the job
We are looking for a clinical psychologist with an interest and experience in working with young people with an eating disorder and/or ARFID. The successful applicant will provide a substantial contribution to the clinical work of the team and will hold full case management responsibility for their workload. Regular clinical supervision will be provided.
The main base for this post will be at Alder Hey, but appointments from community bases across Liverpool and Sefton will be required. Experience working with children and young people with an eating disorder will be beneficial. In addition to undertaking assessments and providing intervention and support to children, young people and their families, the post holder will also undertake physical monitoring under the guidance of our Consultant Paediatricians.
The post holders must demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of:
- Compassion – We see you and act.
- Courage – We speak up and step forward.
- Community – We lift each other up.
If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients we would like to hear from you.
About us
The Eating Disorder Team (EDYs) provide support and treatment for children and young people in Liverpool and Sefton with an eating disorder and/or ARFID, as well as their parents/carers and professionals involved in their care.
The team is multidisciplinary, including Consultant Psychiatrist and Consultant Paediatricians, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, CBT and SFP trained staff, Nursing, Support Worker, Assistant Practitioner and Assistant Psychology. The team is based at Alder Hey, but offers appointments throughout the community footprint.
Person Specification
Education and Training
- Post‑grad doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of Psychopathology, Clinical Psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology with evidence of specific experience of CAMHS.
- Current registration with the health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
- Training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
- Formal training in the supervision of others.
Experience
- Specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families across the full range of care settings.
- Experience working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and possible physical aggression.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in those groups with complex presentations e.g. dual diagnoses, children and adolescents with additional disabilities.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Working with eating disorders.
Skills
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information.
- Providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure will be required to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Address
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
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