Eating Disorder Clinical Psychologist

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

To provide a specialist, doctoral level, assessment and treatment service to adults who may be experiencing an eating disorder

To tailor interventions to the developmental needs of young adults, using the FREED care package resources as appropriate.

To provide consultancy and support on the psychological aspects of care to other professionals as required.

To provide written and/or verbal reports as needed

To keep accurate clinical records and conduct appropriate correspondence.

To use Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and psychometric assessments, as required, to enable ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the interventions offered

To be responsible for updating electronic patient records and other IT functions including outcome measurements.

To work to an agreed contract to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and within Trust agreed timescales.

Clinical supervision, teaching & training:

To provide clinical supervision to colleagues with the EDSA or broader CMHS as required.

To take overall responsibility for identifying training needs within the EDSA and developing a program of training to meet these needs, using external providers as needed and ensuring that there is a robust plan for long term sustainability.

To offer consultation to colleagues within Community Mental Health Services and other services, as appropriate.

To offer training in psychological therapy approaches to eating disorders to colleagues within the EDSA and wider staff within the Trust.

To agree a Personal Development Review (PDR), Job Plan and a Personal.

Development Plan (PDP) to be updated annually and to participate in an annual review process.

To participate in clinical supervision and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Community Mental Health Service, in accordance with good practice guidelines for all psychologists.

Line management responsibilities:

To undertake line management for Eating Disorder Psychological Therapists or other colleagues as required.

Service development:

To continuously review the implementation of the FREED service model and care package, advising the Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders (Adults) on its progress, and identifying any areas for improvement or opportunities for further service development

To be responsible for ensuring that required core outcome data are collated and reported back to the FREED Network, with support from Assistant Psychologist colleagues

To contribute to the development of clinical psychology and psychological therapies services in accordance with Trust strategy and local needs.

Professional:

To observe fully the HPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics (2008), BPS (1996) Code of Conduct and the DCP (2001) Professional Practice Guidelines.

To participate in the EDSA business and professional meetings, including service development days

To maintain and further develop high standards of psychological practice, through cooperative work with other clinical psychologists, peer supervision and ongoing relevant CPD.

To be aware of and adhere to Trust and Psychology polices and procedures, including supervision and performance appraisal procedures.

To undertake and keep up to date with mandatory training, including in the Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression.

Clinical Governance:

To participate in relevant Trust and ESDA clinical governance initiatives.

To propose changes to work practices to improve the efficacy and accessibility of psychological services.

To provide and maintain appropriate statistics and records of own work, including electronic patient records, clinical outcome measures and data on audit standards.

To promote the use of effective, evidence-based interventions in the service.

To support and participate in clinical audit within EDSA and CMHS to ensure that best practice is shared.

To promote the use of effective, evidence-based interventions in the service.

Research & Development:

To initiate research and service evaluation as required by the needs of the local services.

To offer advice and support to other members of relevant teams undertaking research projects.

To participate regularly, in Clinical Audit projects in the EDSA and CMHS

To encourage a culture of evidence-based practice in all parts of the service by keeping up to date and disseminating good practice within all teams and across agencies.

Any other specific tasks required:

To travel between the countywide bases (Wells, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Taunton) and/or primary care settings as needed to enable delivery of the service

To undertake any other duties at a comparable level of responsibility as may be allocated.

Attending meetings as appropriate.

Fulfilling duties of weekly timetable

Duties as instructed by your manager or appropriate authority.

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral Clinical Psychology/Counselling Psychology qualification or equivalent.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Desirable

• Relevant specialist CPD (e.g CBT-E, SSCM, MANTRA, Motivational Interviewing, DBT, RO-DBT, Trauma-Focussed CBT, EMDR).
• Post qualification training in psychological therapy.
• Accredited psychological therapist.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of work in adult mental health services and working with people with severe and complex mental health needs, including eating disorders
• Teaching and training of Psychology and other staff.
• Knowledge of more than one psychological therapy.
• Knowledge of legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
• Experience of working with young people aged 16-25
• Clinical supervision experience

Desirable

• Evidence of specialist interest in working with adults with eating disorders during training.
• Extended casework in relevant speciality area before and during training.
• Experience of service evaluation and implementing new service developments
• Experience of project management
• Experience of offering line management
• Clinical audit work in specialist area.
• Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Knowledge of specialist therapeutic interventions with the client group.
• Advanced, specialist skills in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
• Strong leadership qualities, resilience and ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
• Effective team player with good liaison and communication skills.
• Very well organised with good administration skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to cope with workload pressure and prioritise workload.
• Ability to make clinical decisions around complex and emotive issues with young people and their families.
• Empathy/engagement with the client group.
• Self-awareness and emotional resilience.
• Must be a car driver with a valid driving licence or have access to transport with appropriate business insurance in order to travel throughout the Trust, to meet the needs of the service.

Desirable

• R & D skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).