Clinical Psychologist - Children'S Eating Disorders

Norfolk And Suffolk Nhs Foundation Trust; West Stow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Regular supervision

Professional development opportunities

Family friendly team

Job summary

The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified clinical psychologist to join a small, friendly multi-disciplinary team delivering psychological interventions for young people with eating disorders and their families. The role is split between Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich, with regular supervision and opportunities for specialist training in CBT for eating disorders.

We welcome applicants with experience in eating disorders; if not essential, transferable skills will be

Qualifications

• Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS.
• Supervisor training or willingness to undertake training.
• Evidence of CPD in additional specialised psychological practice.

Responsibilities

• Assessment, formulation and psychological treatment of individuals with eating disorders.
• Clinical responsibility for complex cases; supervise trainee clinical psychologists.
• Support Clinical Lead with service development projects.
• Provide consultation to colleagues and external agencies.
• Experience or familiarity with systemic and CBT approaches is desirable.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical supervision

Systemic CBT knowledge

Organisational skills

Education

Post-graduate degree in clinical psychology

Job description

Job summary

This role involves working in a small, friendly multi-disciplinary team to provide psychological interventions for young people with eating disorders and their families. The role is split between our bases in Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. There are opportunities to link up with other psychological therapists across the wider eating disorders service. We will provide regular clinical supervision, and relevant specialist training and opportunities for professional development, for example CBT for eating disorders. We are looking to appoint a skilled, committed, and motivated individual with excellent communication and organisational skills and a keen interest in working with families and young people. Previous experience working with individuals with eating disorders is ideal but not essential. We can accommodate some flexible working, in line with the service need and we are a Family Friendly and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The role will include, but not be limited to: assessment, formulation and psychological treatment of individuals with eating disorders and co-morbid mental health difficulties, clinical responsibility for complex cases, supporting the Clinical Lead with service development projects, providing clinical supervision, and providing consultation to colleagues and to external agencies. Our main models of practice are systemic and CBT so skills in those areas would be desirable. If you are interested in joining this exciting and motivated team, please look at the detailed Job Description for more information about this post. Please don't hesitate to call us to discuss anything about the team or the role.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

If you are interested in joining this exciting and motivated team, please take a look at the detailed Job Description for more information about this post. We welcome requests for further information. Please don't hesitate to call us to discuss anything about the team or the roles.

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate degree (or its equivalent if trained prior to 1996) in clinical psychology, accredited by BPS
• Supervisor training, to be a supervisor of doctoral programme clinical psychology trainees or willing to undertake training

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as a qualified clinical psychologist (Band 7) and able to evidence appropriate knowledge and experience in practice to enable the post holder to clinically supervise trainee clinical psychologist

Knowledge

Essential

• Doctor level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis.

Skills

Essential

• Able to effectively communicate technical and clinically sensitive information to service users, families, carers and other professionals, within and outside NHS.
• Skilled in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.