Clinical Psychologist - Eating Disorders

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	18 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	£47,810.00 i £54,710.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£47810.00 - £54710.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	08 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Sheffield, S1 4HR
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9457-26-0042

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Clinical To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the Adult Eating Disorder Service (SEDS), based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with service users, family members and others involved in the persons care. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service users problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the persons problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across a full range of care settings. To work on a daily basis in face to face individual, family and/or in group therapy settings with service users presenting with complex and distressing psychological problems, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Atypical Eating Disorders. To be responsible for implementing a range of specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of different provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of service users whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals (both psychologists/therapists and non-psychologists) contributing directly to service users formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all users of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the service user group. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To coordinate, where appropriate, the intervention plans, taking responsibility for initiating planning and reviews of plans, and including service users, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of service users under their care and to monitor progress during both the course of uni- and multi-disciplinary care. Teaching, Training and Supervision To receive regular clinical professional supervision in accordance with professional practice (HCPC) and Trust guidelines To gain wider post-qualification knowledge, skills and experience through further experience and specialist supervision in specific psychological approaches and/or with particular service user groups supported by case presentations, group supervision and short courses as part of an agreed personal development plan. To provide supervision to other MDT staffs psychological work, as appropriate. To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant psychologists where appropriate. To offer training placements to trainee DClinPsy trainees To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical psychology as appropriate. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff (including both psychologists/ therapists and non-psychologists) working with the service user group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. Management, Recruitment, Policy, Organisational and Service Development To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of aspects of the teams clinical practice through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing. To manage the workloads of assistant psychologists, where appropriate, within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures. To be involved, as appropriate, in the shortlisting and interviewing of assistant psychologists. To implement the policies and propose changes to working practices/procedures concerning professional good practice for the provision of psychological/therapy services as applicable to the Adult Eating Disorder Service (SEDS) in order to ensure the highest standards of service to the service user group. Research and Service Evaluation To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members. To undertake, where appropriate, research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research. To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to help develop service provision. To disseminate research findings through publications and conference presentations. Working Environment To provide psychological care to service users and their carers in the least restrictive and least stigmatising environment in the Adult Eating Disorder Service (SEDS) The job role will involve working alone in situations where there may be some risk of verbal or physical aggression from service users, carers, and the general public. The job role will include regular travel to regional sites.