Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Full/Part Time
Ellern Mede Group
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Job summary
Ellern Mede Ridgeway is looking for an HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist skilled at working with young people (8-18 years) with eating disorders and complex co-morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, emerging EUPD, depression, OCD and self-harm.
Full Time, Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week.
Part Time is also an option for this role upon discussion.
Salary range per anum: £55,000 - £60,000. (depending on expereince).
Main duties of the job
Clinical
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.
To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and management of a patients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patients problems and national guidelines (e.g. NICE, MEED).
To make decisions and deliver psychological treatments (e.g. at individual, family, group level) taking into account both theoretical and evidence-based therapeutic models and factors concerning a patients historical and developmental processes.
To undertake psychologically based risk assessments and risk management for patients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi disciplinary team.
To have knowledge and understanding of the principles of the CPA and to support and contribute to the CPA care planning process for clients on CPA.
To provide a psychological perspective, advice, guidance and consultation to MDT professionals within the service.
To disseminate psychological expertise across the service by developing and running treatment programmes jointly with other staff.
About us
Eating Disorders are extraordinarily complex illnesses 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, neurodevelopmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment programme including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions.
The service admits patients whose illness requires more intense levels of clinical involvement and nursing. patients often require treatment under mental health legislation. The aims of the services are to improve the patients health and dependency needs sufficiently for transfer to a regular eating disorder unit or to the community. The treatment programme can include naso-gastric (NG) tube feeding and for some of our most unwell patients, this is sometimes required under restraint (if necessary, once all other avenues have been exhausted). In these cases, the service goes a long way to promote advocacy for the patient, their rights, seek their involvement and apply least restrictive interventions.
Date posted
08 March 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£55,000 to £60,000 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
E0038-0421-EMR
Job locations
The Ridgeway
Holcombe Hill
London
Greater London
NW7 4HX
Employer details
Employer name
Ellern Mede Group
Address
The Ridgeway
Holcombe Hill
London
Greater London
NW7 4HX
Employer's website
https://www.ellernmede.org (Opens in a new tab)
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