Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Eating Disorder Service

Integrated Care System; Colchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Essex is seeking a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist for its Eating Disorders Service. The role involves providing psychological therapy to adults with eating disorders within community settings. Candidates must have doctoral-level training in applied psychology and be HCPC registered. This position offers opportunities for continued professional development and a range of employee benefits, including NHS discounts and flexible working options.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loans

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in applied psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC registration is essential.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological therapy service to adults with eating disorders.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines.
• Utilise evidence-based psychological therapies.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Family therapy

CBT-E

Research methodology

Education

Doctoral level training in applied psychology

HCPC Registered

Job description

Go back Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Eating Disorder Service

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Eating Disorders Service

This is an exciting opportunity for an established role in a growing team, you can join our team either at Band 8a as maternity cover.

The Community Adult Eating Disorders Service is a specialist team who offer assessment and treatment to adults with moderate to severe eating disorders. This will be in response to service needs and will involve working across the south of Essex and may involve working across the north of Essex.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a specialist psychological therapy service to adults with eating disorders across both community out-patient and intensive community day treatment services.

The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy to those referred to the team. Where appropriate, the post holder will also take a lead in ensuring that family therapy or family interventions are available to those seen within the service.

The post holder will be required to:

Work across locality and interagency boundaries to meet the needs of a highly complex client group.

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.

Offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist/psychotherapist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.

Use appropriate evidence based psychological therapies for example Family Therapy, MANTRA or CBT-E.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in applied psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
• HCPC Registered

Knowledge

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology and research design.
• Evidence of continued professional development as recommended by the relevant professional or registering body
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists/ Psychotherapists as appropriate to their training and qualifications
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, eating disorders etc).
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health speciality

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.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust