Clinical or Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist Eating Disorders
Posted 14 hours 8 minutes ago by NHS
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/ CBT Therapist 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. Our 14 bedded unit features ensuite bedrooms, more daylight, and views of nature to help reduce patient stress, anxiety, and pain as well as a sensory room. 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 program. 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.
Main duties of the jobAs a successful candidate, you will be working predominantly in the Outpatient Service which consists of a multidisciplinary team of Psychiatry, Psychology, Community Liaison Nursing, Dieticians, Occupational Therapy, and Peer Support. You will be providing treatment for Outpatients as well as potentially supervising and managing Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Psychologists. Being part of the Psychological Therapies Team you will attend, the weekly Psychological Therapies meeting, and receive weekly supervision from a senior psychological therapist 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 usNorth London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
- 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.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
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
The post holder will be aligned with our values:
- We Are Kind
- We Are Respectful
- We Work Together
- We Keep Things Simple
- We Empower
- We Are Proudly Diverse
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.
Job responsibilitiesPlease note - This role will specifically be aimed at assessment and intervention and will therefore largely involve conducting new patient assessments for the service, alongside holding a small clinical caseload.
For further details about the post or to make informal enquiries, please contact:
Tracy Plant
Acting Principal Psychologist and Therapies Lead
Joint Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders in NCL
St Anns Eating Disorders Service
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Person Specification Education and qualifications- 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.
- To be registered with the HCPC, in the process of registering for HCPC, or applying for HCPC registration on completion of training course.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients in outpatient settings.
- Experience of working with people with eating disorders.
- Excellent skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Ability to work independently and manage busy caseload.
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.
St Ann's Eating Disorder Service, Plum Block D, St Ann's Hospital
St Ann's Eating Disorder Service, Plum Block D, St Ann's Hospital