Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) to work in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The 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.
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 BABCP Accreditation. Expertise in the use ofcomplex methods ofpsychological assessment,formulation, interventionand management is essential.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Community Mental health team, providing a qualified specialist cognitive behavioural psychotherapy service to clients with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.
To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy, offering advice and consultation on client's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, nonprofessional carers.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Directorate's and team's policies and procedures.
To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
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 anddevelopment programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and servicemanager(s) in line with the priorities of the service and PDP objectives and to provideevidence of CPD undertaken, e.g., in the form of CPD logbook.
To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice inpsychotherapy/psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of areflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisaland maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinicalpsychology and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entryand recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governancein accordance with professional codes of practice of the BABCP, other professional bodiesand Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues inrelation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be requiredby their Psychological Services manager.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
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 anddevelopment programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and servicemanager(s) in line with the priorities of the service and PDP objectives and to provideevidence of CPD undertaken, e.g., in the form of CPD logbook.
To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice inpsychotherapy/psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of areflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisaland maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of clinicalpsychology and related disciplines.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entryand recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governancein accordance with professional codes of practice of the BABCP, other professional bodiesand Directorate and Trust policies and procedures.
To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues inrelation to both the specific client group and mental health.
To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade, which may be requiredby their Psychological Services manager.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Level (or equivalent) qualification in CBT or Diploma in CBT
- Accreditation by the BABCP
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge/ Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- 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.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate 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 nonprofessional groups.
- Master's level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of IT systems including word processing, email and local electronic patient information systems
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one specialised psychological therapy
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
Skills
Essential
- 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 and employ mechanisms of service governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to self-reflect, use clinical supervision appropriately and consider complex organisational and team dynamics.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries in a timely manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Level (or equivalent) qualification in CBT or Diploma in CBT
- Accreditation by the BABCP
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge/ Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- 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.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Expertise in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed and effective communication skills, oral and written, to communicate 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 nonprofessional groups.
- Master's level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of IT systems including word processing, email and local electronic patient information systems
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc)
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least one specialised psychological therapy
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
Skills
Essential
- 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 and employ mechanisms of service governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Ability to self-reflect, use clinical supervision appropriately and consider complex organisational and team dynamics.
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries in a timely manner.
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.
