Band 7 Clinical Psychologist- CAMHS Eating Disorders

NHS; Leicester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a dedicated Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join our Eating Disorder Services, working across both child and adolescent mental health and adult teams. This full-time role focuses on providing first line treatment for eating disorders and offers opportunities for training and development.

Qualifications

• Qualifications and experience as outlined in the Person Specification.
• Experience in child and adolescent mental health and eating disorders required.

Responsibilities

• Providing first line treatment for Eating Disorders as per NICE guidelines.
• Offering psychological advice, consultation, supervision, and training.

Skills

Child and adolescent mental health

Assessment and treatment of eating disorders

DBT

CBT

Supervision

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Band 7 Clinical Psychologist- CAMHS Eating Disorders

We have an opportunity for a highly motivated, dedicated and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join LPT's eating disorder services. This will be a split role, across both CAMHS and Adult Eating Disorder teams.

The teams are based at Mawson House (CAMHS) and at the Glenfield Hospital Site (AED). This is a new split post across both services and is an exciting opportunity for developing and improving the pathway between the two services, alongside gaining clinical experience and expertise across the lifespan. This post is full-time and substantive.

The CAMHS eating disorder team provides specialist assessment and treatment for young people and their families up until the age of 18 years, presenting with Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and ARFID.

The Adult Eating Disorder Service provides outpatient and inpatient services, a day patient service, alongside the FREED pathway for 16-25 year olds.

We are two diverse multi disciplinary teams, with an established psychology structure including qualified psychologists, a clinical associate psychologist and assistant psychologists.

There are multiple opportunities for training and development, and you will be provided with a robust induction programme, with relevant in-house training to equip you to provide first line treatment.

Main duties of the job

The team currently consists of psychiatry, nursing, psychology, family therapy (CAMHS) child and adolescent psychotherapy (CAMHS), dietetic and occupational therapy staff who work closely with outpatient, inpatient and adult services.

Within the core team we offer early specialist assessment and intervention using evidence-based approaches to young people up to the age of 18 years old and their families.

The Role includes:

• Providing first line treatment for Eating Disorders as per NICE guidelines, including systemic and 1:1 therapeutic modalities.
• Providing specialised psychological interventions such as DBT and CBT informed work.
• Offering psychological advice, consultation, supervision and training to members of the MDT.

The Successful Candidate will:

• Have the qualifications and experience as highlighted in the Person Specification.
• Have knowledge and expertise in child and adolescent mental health and the assessment and treatment of eating disorders and common co-morbidities.
• Preferably have experience in working with children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and a well-developed understanding of how such conditions may interact with eating disorders.
• Be interested in developing knowledge and skills in this specialist area alongside furthering your interest in providing consultation and supervision to a range of professionals within the MDT.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Consultant Clinical Psychologist/ Clinical Lead