Senior Nurse Specialist - CYP Eating Disorders Service

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With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you’re at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Main area Eating Disorders Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.) Job
-G-ED-0469

Site Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service, South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre Town London Salary £56,276 - £63,176 per annum incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2026 23:59 Interview date 13/02/2026

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Welcome to CNWL Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People. Eating Disorders is a specialism within children’s mental health, therefore finding candidates with rich experience is really important. It would be fantastic to have staff ‘ready‑to‑go', but we appreciate the need to grow and develop people in this field and improve young people’s access to care.

In this role you will provide senior nurse leadership, line management and supervision to allocated members of the CYP nursing team. You will also contribute to the wider nursing initiatives within the All‑Age Eating Disorders Service and the wider CAMHS Eating Disorders Service line, as appropriate.

What do we do?

The recommended evidence‑based intervention indicated for this patient group is Family Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT‑AN) and Family‑Based Treatment (FBT) for eating disorders which all clinicians in the team deliver.

We offer systemic therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT‑E) for those who an individual therapy…