Job summary
This is a Fixed-Term post for Maternity Cover.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for psychotherapist to work in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. There successful applicant will be working across both Eating Disorder Service or the FREED pathway.
The Eating Disorder/FREED service is an outpatient psychotherapy service based at Rathbone Hospital (with a satellite clinic in Southport). The successful candidates will have the opportunity to provide both group and individual CBT interventions and to work alongside colleagues using a range of models. Client presentations include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. We also see people with an Atypical Eating Disorder presentation. The service also offers psychological support and training for the relatives of people within our service.
Main duties of the job
In addition, the service also provides psychological therapy for the local Weight Management Service.
You will be responsible for a clinical caseload, in additional to conducting assessments and will receive regular clinical and management supervision.
If you are interested in applying for this post, you must have a recognised CBT qualification and have Accreditation with a governing body eg ACAT, BABCP, EMDR.. Previous experience of working therapeutically with complex cases is essential and experience/qualification using additional therapeutic models is desirable.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and servicemanager(s)
To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychological practice across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintainingan active engagement with current developments in the field of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To provide direct clinical work in a range of local community and service settings, also remotely, as part of a digital clinical offer
Job description
Job responsibilities
To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and servicemanager(s)
To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychological practice across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintainingan active engagement with current developments in the field of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To provide direct clinical work in a range of local community and service settings, also remotely, as part of a digital clinical offer
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g., Nursing, social work, Allied Health Professional etc.) registered with NMC/HCPC.
- Accreditation by a post graduate qualification body e.g., ACAT, BACP, BABCP - or working toward this and awaiting accreditation.
Desirable
- Further qualification in another therapeutic modality e.g., CFT, DBT.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- A range of experience of delivering Therapy to adult clients with complex needs.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group
- Expertise in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Experience of working and managing risk within community settings.
Desirable
- Experience of working with clients with severe and enduring psychological difficulties.
- Experience of facilitating psychological group interventions.
- A sound understanding of the systemic factors underpinning working psychologically with teams.
- Experience in the provision of reflective practice sessions
- Experience of working therapeutically with health or social care staff.
Skills
Essential
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed expertise 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.
- Knowledge of IT systems, including word processing, email and any local systems.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- 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.
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of two specialised psychological therapies.
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g., Nursing, social work, Allied Health Professional etc.) registered with NMC/HCPC.
- Accreditation by a post graduate qualification body e.g., ACAT, BACP, BABCP - or working toward this and awaiting accreditation.
Desirable
- Further qualification in another therapeutic modality e.g., CFT, DBT.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- A range of experience of delivering Therapy to adult clients with complex needs.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to client group
- Expertise in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Experience of working and managing risk within community settings.
Desirable
- Experience of working with clients with severe and enduring psychological difficulties.
- Experience of facilitating psychological group interventions.
- A sound understanding of the systemic factors underpinning working psychologically with teams.
- Experience in the provision of reflective practice sessions
- Experience of working therapeutically with health or social care staff.
Skills
Essential
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed expertise 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.
- Knowledge of IT systems, including word processing, email and any local systems.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- 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.
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of two specialised psychological therapies.
- Experience of working within a multi-cultural framework.
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
