Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the CNWL Foundation Trust delivering Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) to service users at Vincent Square Eating Disorders Service.
There is a strong CAT service line in the team, and we are looking for someone who can continue to contribute to and develop this within their role. The majority of the work will be with outpatients, although there will be some work with patients in transition across other elements of the service (day-patients and in-patients, early intervention). Our team works flexibly between remote and face to face contact.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out clinical duties, clinically-relevant audit and research (as appropriate), and relevant administrative duties. The successful applicant will have knowledge, training, skill and experience in delivering CAT to patients with eating disorders and will be an accredited CAT practitioner or in the process of securing accreditation with ACAT. He or she will be encouraged to develop his or her academic and clinical knowledge in the context of service-related continuing professional development.
About us
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
Within the service there is an internal Continued Professional Development training programme and scope to support with relevant research, service development (e.g. teaching and training in and across profession) and supervision opportunities.
CNWL provides the eating disorder service for a local catchment area that includes the boroughs of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Brent, Harrow, Ealing, Hillingdon, and Hounslow. In addition the service accepts national referrals for specialist in-patient and day-patient care. The service has bases at 1 Nightingale Place, Chelsea and Roxborough Road, Harrow-on-the-Hill. Service provision within this scope may at times involve travelling to other sites within the catchment area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a specialist cognitive-analytic therapy service to clients of the service line; providing specialist cognitive-analytic assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team and service.
- To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
- To provide some supervision to other more junior members of the team, appropriate to experience and need.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a specialist cognitive-analytic therapy service to clients of the service line; providing specialist cognitive-analytic assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team and service.
- To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
- To provide some supervision to other more junior members of the team, appropriate to experience and need.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the theoretical and evidence base for understanding, formulating and treating the eating disorders.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of mental health
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Ability to hold a full caseload, in the context of chronic and enduring severity and challenging presentations.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
Desirable
- Publication and presentation of clinical research in the field of the eating disorders or associated areas of mental health.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one other specialised psychological therapy
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive-analytic therapy.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of CAT in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, etc).
Experience
Essential
- To have completed eight CAT cases, supervised by an ACAT-accredited Supervisor.
- Experience of specialist CAT assessment and evidence-based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working within a CAT framework, with patients who present with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity. This should include specialist training/experience, and a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision while working as a CAT practitioner.
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical/professional supervision.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of CAT in different cultural contexts.
- Supervised experience of delivering other treatments for the eating disorders, including motivational work.
- Experience of using a CAT framework to reflect on/understand team work/dynamics.
- Supervised experience of delivering evidence-based CAT for the eating disorders and common comorbid conditions.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in a subject relevant to mental health and higher level postgraduate training in an applied clinical field that includes models of psychopathology and distinct psychological therapies (including cognitive analytic therapy [CAT]).
- Recognised and accredited CAT training.
- Accredited with ACAT as a CAT therapist or in the process of gaining accreditation and able to provide evidence of such
Desirable
- Relevant training in Eating Disorders
- Advanced CAT training, recognised by ACAT.
- CAT supervisor qualification, recognised by ACAT.
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the theoretical and evidence base for understanding, formulating and treating the eating disorders.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of mental health
- Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Ability to hold a full caseload, in the context of chronic and enduring severity and challenging presentations.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
Desirable
- Publication and presentation of clinical research in the field of the eating disorders or associated areas of mental health.
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one other specialised psychological therapy
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of cognitive-analytic therapy.
- Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of CAT in specific difficult-to-treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, etc).
Experience
Essential
- To have completed eight CAT cases, supervised by an ACAT-accredited Supervisor.
- Experience of specialist CAT assessment and evidence-based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working within a CAT framework, with patients who present with problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity. This should include specialist training/experience, and a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision while working as a CAT practitioner.
- Experience of teaching, training and clinical/professional supervision.
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
Desirable
- Experience of the application of CAT in different cultural contexts.
- Supervised experience of delivering other treatments for the eating disorders, including motivational work.
- Experience of using a CAT framework to reflect on/understand team work/dynamics.
- Supervised experience of delivering evidence-based CAT for the eating disorders and common comorbid conditions.
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- An upper second class honours degree or higher in a subject relevant to mental health and higher level postgraduate training in an applied clinical field that includes models of psychopathology and distinct psychological therapies (including cognitive analytic therapy [CAT]).
- Recognised and accredited CAT training.
- Accredited with ACAT as a CAT therapist or in the process of gaining accreditation and able to provide evidence of such
Desirable
- Relevant training in Eating Disorders
- Advanced CAT training, recognised by ACAT.
- CAT supervisor qualification, recognised by ACAT.
Other
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
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.
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
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Additional information
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.
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).
