Assistant Psychologist - Eating Disorders

Job summary

This post will involve providing a range of evidence-based care and interventions to service users within the eating disorders service to support recovery.

The post holder will also be involved in service evaluation and audit under the supervision of clinical psychologists within the team .

They will participate in the provision of specialist assessments and use of outcome measures alongside team members may also be required.

The team can provide opportunities to participate in supervision and relevant training across a range of areas.

The post will be based in Belper, although covers all of Derbyshire, so some travel will be required.

Please note that if you are applying on a secondment basis you must have the prior approval of your current line manager before submitting your application.

Main duties of the job

We have a new opportunity within our Eating Disorder Service for an Assistant Psychologist to join our multi-disciplinary team for a period of 12 months.

The role is varied and provides scope to develop further skills and knowledge of working with service users experiencing an eating disorder and associated mental health difficulties.

There will be opportunities to link in with the Trust's clinical psychology structure and Assistant Psychologists working in other clinical areas.

For further information, please see the full job description.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities