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Clinical Psychologist - Eating Disorders Service
| Posting date: | 10 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53755.00 - £60504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 September 2024 |
| Location: | Stowmarket, IP4 1RF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9246-24-1505 |
Summary
You will join a team offering specialist clinical provision to children & young people with complex feeding disorders, including appetite impairment, selective eating, and fear of feeding. ARFID is associated with impaired physical health and psychological wellbeing; for example, children and young people with this condition may be nutritionally compromised, fail to grow or gain weight as expected, or experience significant psycho-social difficulties. As a Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist, we will expect you: To provide a specialist psychological therapy service to individuals, carers, families, and professionals, and to provide an active contribution to the development of the ARFID pathway. In conjunction with the wider multi-disciplinary team, to provide comprehensive assessment, formulation, and intervention planning for CYP with ARFID. To provide specialist advice, liaison and training to professional stakeholders across the local CFYP landscape (e.g., paediatric, dietetic, eating disorder, neurodevelopmental disorder, and CAMH/YAMH services). To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues. To deputise for the Clinical Lead / Principal Clinical Psychologist, providing leadership to the specialist MDT and wider ARFID pathway. To clinically supervise Assistant and/or Trainee Clinical Psychologists working within the specialist ARFID MDT. To undertake specialist training and CPD as required by your professional body and the needs of the pathway. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs