Eating Disorders Highly Specialist Principal Clinical
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £58,972.00 to £68,525.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £58972.00 - £68525.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Dunstable, LU6 3HD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9363-24-0624 |
Summary
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.