Eating Disorders Highly Specialist Principal Clinical | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Dunstable, LU6 3HD |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6209937/363-BED6209937 |
Summary
Eating Disorders Highly Specialist Principal Clinical / Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
This post is responsible for ensuring the systematic provision of high-quality comprehensive specialist psychological input to the Adults Community Eating Disorders Service in Bedfordshire and Luton which works with people with severe and complex eating disorders.
The post holder will be an experienced clinical or counselling psychologist or qualified and accredited psychological therapist with a substantial knowledge and skill in the field of eating disorders and will directly provide highly specialist psychological assessments, formulations and therapies, specialist risk assessments and advice on risk management, and the provision of psychological advice and consultation to others involved in service user care including Voluntary and Community Sector partners. The post holder will understand and lead on application of truly evidence based practice at the appropriate level of specialism ie severity and complexity in the client group, application of psychology in their settings and systems, application in varied pathways – outpatient, intensive community treatment, longstanding eating disorders, trauma informed care, co production and expertise by experience etc and building the best quality eating disorder services for our population across teams and settings as partner including primary care, acute care, VCSE partnerships, integration with physical healthcare.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
The post holder will clinically supervise the work of assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, psychologists and other multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues, and contribute to the line management of team colleagues. They will be expected to make a senior contribution, supporting the Clinical and Operational Lead, to the planning, delivery, evaluation and review of the CEDS offer.
The post holder will formulate and undertake clinical audit, service evaluation, service development and research activities (including using the Quality Improvement approach) as agreed with the Clinical Lead and senior management, and contribute strongly to strategic service development in Bedfordshire.
The post holder will directly contribute to the positive working environment within the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will require a high degree of professional autonomy and self-management, and will be required to account for their professional practice through appraisal and audit. They may also be required to undertake disciplinary, capability or sickness processes as necessary.
Service users will be seen at a variety of sites across the county of Bedfordshire and Luton and the postholder will be expected to travel and provide clinics throughout the county to meet the service needs and for clinical supervision and MDT meetings. Travel to in-patient services outside the county may also be necessary. The service user group seen by the post holder includes those with high levels of distress, for example suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviour, and histories of trauma and abuse. The post holder will hold responsibility for agreeing case and workload levels, and systems of monitoring quality of practice.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024
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