# Lead Therapist – CAMHS & Eating Disorders

**Company**: Priory Healthcare
**Location**: Roehampton, Greater London
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £53,560 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients' wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future.

This is a leadership role with significant line management and operational responsibility. The post holder will oversee a team of therapists, providing clear leadership, performance management, supervision, oversight and workforce planning. A strong focus on operational efficiency, service delivery, and budget awareness is essential. We are seeking an experienced leader with well-developed management skills, the ability to drive performance, and a proactive approach to service improvement and team development.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary CAMHS and Eating Disorder outpatient therapy team, reporting to the Therapy Business Manager.

- Oversee workforce planning, caseload allocation, performance management, and service delivery to ensure safe, effective, and timely care.

- Lead on clinical risk management, safeguarding, governance compliance, and quality assurance processes, including audit and outcome monitoring.

- Drive service development and continuous improvement initiatives in line with regulatory standards and organisational objectives.

- Foster a supportive, accountable team culture through supervision, professional development, and collaborative working across hospital services to ensure integrated care pathways and continuity of care.

**Benefits**

- Competitive salary of £53,560 per year

- Permanent contract

- Full-time, job share, and flexible working options available

**Requirements**

- Registered HCPC healthcare professional and/or accredited psychotherapist (BACP/BABCP/UKCP) with proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate and manage a diverse therapy team.

- Strong understanding of therapy roles within mental health settings and experience in clinical supervision, staff retention, and effective people management.

- Commercial and business awareness, including experience in cost management and budgeting (P&L).

- Flexibility to respond to changing service and organisational needs.

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- management
- clinical supervision
- cost management
- budgeting
- P&L

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