Job summary
This is an excellent opportunity for a psychology graduate to join the Intensive Service of our CAMHS Eating Disorder team. We are a multidisciplinary community specialist CAMHS for children and young people in North Central London with eating disorders. Young people who need more intensive help go into our Eating Disorder Intensive Service (EDIS).
Main duties of the job
The role is primarily focused on assisting with service evaluation and development, and also offers the opportunity to gain clinical experience with our client group under the supervision of a clinical psychologist. The intensive service is developing the therapeutic input for patients, and the post holder will work closely with the service's clinical psychologist and family therapist. The post holder will also be part of our overall service psychology team, made up of qualified, trainee and assistant psychologists, and so there is plenty of opportunity to develop knowledge and skills relevant to clinical psychology training.
The ideal candidate will have experience of and be confident in managing and administrating databases using Microsoft Office packages; conducting descriptive and inferential statistics, producing simple reports and communicating this information effectively.
Given the clinical setting of this post, the ideal candidate will also be expected to have good face to face communication skills, a broad understanding of working with children, young people and their families, as well as being able to work effectively as part of a team.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 2:1 degree in Psychology with eligibility for graduate membership with the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Additional qualification in mental health or another relevant subject.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a clinical team
- Experience of working within the NHS or related voluntary sector role
- Experience of the use of standardised psychometric measures
- Experience of statistical analysis and reporting
Desirable
- Experience of working within an MDT and multiagency setting
- Experience of working in a clinical service for children and young people or people with eating disorders
- Experience of writing clinical assessment letters
- Experience of clinical audit including data collection, analysis and reporting
Others
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting. And to be able to work effectively as a member of a team
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge of psychological models of child eating disorders
- Ability to collect relevant information from patients and families under our care
- Ability to empathise with patients and their families
- An appreciation of the need to consider diversity, e.g. ethnicity, religion, disability in our work
- Good oral and written communication skills including report writing skills
- Familiarity with the issues surrounding clinical data, particularly confidentiality
- Good IT skills - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SPSS or equivalent statistical package
- Understanding of the use of standardised psychometric measures
- Able to perform descriptive and basic inferential statistics and produce graphs and data summary tables
- Use of bibliographic databases to conduct literature searches
- Able to work safely and effectively with clients under supervision.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values.
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum 2:1 degree in Psychology with eligibility for graduate membership with the British Psychological Society.
Desirable
- Additional qualification in mental health or another relevant subject.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a clinical team
- Experience of working within the NHS or related voluntary sector role
- Experience of the use of standardised psychometric measures
- Experience of statistical analysis and reporting
Desirable
- Experience of working within an MDT and multiagency setting
- Experience of working in a clinical service for children and young people or people with eating disorders
- Experience of writing clinical assessment letters
- Experience of clinical audit including data collection, analysis and reporting
Others
Essential
- Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multidisciplinary setting. And to be able to work effectively as a member of a team
- Interest and ability to contribute to service development.
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Knowledge of psychological models of child eating disorders
- Ability to collect relevant information from patients and families under our care
- Ability to empathise with patients and their families
- An appreciation of the need to consider diversity, e.g. ethnicity, religion, disability in our work
- Good oral and written communication skills including report writing skills
- Familiarity with the issues surrounding clinical data, particularly confidentiality
- Good IT skills - use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SPSS or equivalent statistical package
- Understanding of the use of standardised psychometric measures
- Able to perform descriptive and basic inferential statistics and produce graphs and data summary tables
- Use of bibliographic databases to conduct literature searches
- Able to work safely and effectively with clients under supervision.
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).
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).
