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Senior Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist/ CBT Therapist

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Leeds

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GBP 55,000 - 63,000

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Job summary

A leading health service provider in Leeds is seeking a Senior Psychologist/CBT Therapist to join their Adult Eating Disorder service on a fixed-term basis. The role includes implementing psychological therapies, providing supervision, and enhancing team practices in a supportive environment. Candidates should possess significant experience and appropriate qualifications. This opportunity offers flexible working arrangements and numerous professional development benefits.

Benefits

27-33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Qualifications

Highly specialist level of skill and knowledge in models of psychological therapy.
Significant post qualification experience in the relevant practice area.

Responsibilities

Provide a psychological therapy service to service users.
Conduct psychological assessment and therapy for eating disorders.
Offer clinical supervision to psychological therapists.

Skills

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

Car driver essential

Formal training in supervision

Post qualification experience in relevant area

Education

HCPC registration

Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning community Adult Eating Disorder service on a fixed term 1 year contract and/or secondment opportunity covering maternity leave. As a senior psychologist/ CBT therapist you will be responsible for leading aspects of psychological therapies delivery within the service, support psychological and trauma informed thinking and enhance psychological safety within the multi-disciplinary team. The role will be fully supported by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and, as such, presents an ideal opportunity for someone hoping to make the transition from a Band 7 role into a more senior position.

The role offers the chance to develop leadership skills in terms of providing supervision, consultation and facilitating formulation sessions for the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), but also has an emphasis on carrying out assessments and offering individual and group psychological therapy to service users. There are various exciting projects within the team, and you will be encouraged to contribute to areas of interest that are in line with service development priorities. The role will offer opportunities for training and you will be supported to develop within the role.

You should have a highly specialist level of skill and knowledge in models of psychological therapy, and ideally be familiar with models recommended for use with people with eating disorders.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27-33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job Details

Job Responsibilities

Provide a psychological therapy service to service users within CONNECT: The West Yorkshire Adult Eating Disorder service.
Provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy for individuals with eating disorders, and those with other physical and mental health difficulties, including trauma presentations.
Offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, external agencies and to family/carers.
Offer clinical supervision to psychological therapists and other members of the MDT, including assistant psychologists and trainee psychologists/therapists.
Enhance psychological thinking within the MDT and support the psychological health of the service.
Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Provide a key role in psychological aspects of service development.
Demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, innovation, dynamism, and enthusiasm in working collaboratively with a skilled and experienced MDT.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; or Postgraduate Diploma qualification in Cognitive and/or Behavioural Psychotherapy and Accreditation with BABCP as a CBT therapist, with either a prior core profession or via KSA route.

Skills (Essential)

Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
Formal training in supervision of others.
Car driver essential.

Experience (Essential)

Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.

Knowledge (Essential)

Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer Details

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Newsam Centre, Leeds, LS14 6UH

Employer's Website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/

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