Job summary
Ellern Mede Moorgate (Rotherham) is actively seeking for an HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist to join their well-resourced multi-disciplinary team.
Hours: We can offer Full-Time (40hrs) or Part-Time hours as required.
Salary: £55,000 to £65,000 per annum
Background:You will need to be skilled at working with young people (8-18 years) and adults (18-25 years) with eating disorders and complex co-morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD and self-harm.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the job description for a summary of the responsibilites.
For a full details please see the attached job specification
About us
Ellern Mede has been providing evidence-based specialised treatment for children and young people with eating disorders since 2000. We support children and young people as inpatients aged 8 to 18 years as well as young adults aged 18 to 25, and outpatients aged 12 to 25. We offer a full care pathway to achieve exceptional rates of recovery. We can assist young people who are emerging from CAMHS to continue into adult services, to the community or back home. We never give up on a patient and we see beyond the young persons illness to the whole person, giving individualised, confidential, supportive care that allows them to blossom
Job description
Job responsibilities
We can offer the opportunity for innovation and room to develop your areas of clinical interest in eating disorders and/or the associated co-morbidities. The full/part time post will be appointed to according to experience and as such applications will be welcomed from both psychologists who are well established in their career, as well as more recently qualified psychologists who would like to develop expertise within this specialist field of eating disorders and associated co-morbidities.
Eating Disorders are complex mental health problems that present with abnormalities in physical and psychological functioning. The physical complications have the potential to cause permanent damage and in some cases are life threatening. The causes are complex and multi-factorial, including genetic, neuro-developmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment program including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions.
An overview of the duties of the job - To provide specialist psychological assessments. These will include psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patients care.
- Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable young people to overcome their eating disorder and prepare for life outside of hospital.
- The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists and therapeutic support workers (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the four Ellern Mede hospital sites.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of Ellern Mede operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practices in Ellern Mede.
- To actively undertake audits to support quality assurance and clinical governance, do research and offer audit and research guidance to other staff (including doctoral psychology trainees and assistant psychologists).
- 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.
The role will include links with local Doctoral Programmes in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, with opportunities for research and clinical trainee placements. Every clinician has a generous annual CPD budget and where needed specialist external supervision can be bought in.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We can offer the opportunity for innovation and room to develop your areas of clinical interest in eating disorders and/or the associated co-morbidities. The full/part time post will be appointed to according to experience and as such applications will be welcomed from both psychologists who are well established in their career, as well as more recently qualified psychologists who would like to develop expertise within this specialist field of eating disorders and associated co-morbidities.
Eating Disorders are complex mental health problems that present with abnormalities in physical and psychological functioning. The physical complications have the potential to cause permanent damage and in some cases are life threatening. The causes are complex and multi-factorial, including genetic, neuro-developmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment program including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions.
An overview of the duties of the job - To provide specialist psychological assessments. These will include psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patients care.
- Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable young people to overcome their eating disorder and prepare for life outside of hospital.
- The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists and therapeutic support workers (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the four Ellern Mede hospital sites.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of Ellern Mede operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practices in Ellern Mede.
- To actively undertake audits to support quality assurance and clinical governance, do research and offer audit and research guidance to other staff (including doctoral psychology trainees and assistant psychologists).
- 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.
The role will include links with local Doctoral Programmes in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, with opportunities for research and clinical trainee placements. Every clinician has a generous annual CPD budget and where needed specialist external supervision can be bought in.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist within CAMHS or Adult Mental Health
Desirable
- Post qualification experience of working patients (and their families) with eating disorders and/or associated co-morbidities (e.g. ASD, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD, self-harm).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist within CAMHS or Adult Mental Health
Desirable
- Post qualification experience of working patients (and their families) with eating disorders and/or associated co-morbidities (e.g. ASD, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD, self-harm).
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).
