Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist

Job description

Job summary

Community Eating Disorders Service offers specialist outpatient care to those with moderate to severe eating disorder across Hertfordshire.

The post-holder will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for groups and individuals with moderate to severe eating disorders, as well as offering specialist advice and consultation to clients, their families, carers, and mental health professionals in relevant care settings. The post holder will supervise, consult and support trainee psychologists/psychotherapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment. The post-holder will work closely with psychological therapy colleagues and colleagues within the wider MDT. The post-holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures, and utilize research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the CEDS.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological assessment and formulation of clients with moderate to severe eating disorders.

To provide a range of brief, medium and long-term specialist psychological interventions/psychotherapy using at least two of the evidence-based therapy models for the treatment of eating disorders (i.e. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT-E, MANTRA, SSCM, Family and Systemic Psychotherapy; Psychodynamic Psychotherapy).

To supervise, consult and support trainee psychologists/ psychologists/psychotherapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.

To offer advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to other mental health professionals and carers.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

To utilize research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by CEDS.

To be a member of the team's Leadership and Management.

To contribute to the governance of psychological practice within the service.

To contribute to training to staff groups, across all sectors of care.

Contributing psychological expertise to assist service development and policy change within the area served by the post.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job description

Job responsibilities

for a detailed job description please refer to the attached person specification and job description

Job description
Job responsibilities

for a detailed job description please refer to the attached person specification and job description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychology and registration with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist OR Post-graduate training in Cognitive Behavioural/Psychodynamic Therapy and current BACP/UKCP/BAPCP registration.
• Experience of supervising qualified and non-qualified clinical staff
• Evidence of further training in Eating Disorder Treatment, e.g post-qualification training in assessment and intervention models in one or more of the following: CBT-E, MANTRA, SSCM, FPT

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Ability and experience of representing psychological therapies within the context of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
• Ability and skills to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Experience of service quality monitoring and service development e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, service development projects, etc.
• Ability to apply clinical psychology/psychotherapy in different cultural contexts sensitively and to take action when own or others' behaviour undermine equality and diversity

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychology and registration with HCPC as Practitioner Psychologist OR Post-graduate training in Cognitive Behavioural/Psychodynamic Therapy and current BACP/UKCP/BAPCP registration.
• Experience of supervising qualified and non-qualified clinical staff
• Evidence of further training in Eating Disorder Treatment, e.g post-qualification training in assessment and intervention models in one or more of the following: CBT-E, MANTRA, SSCM, FPT

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Ability and experience of representing psychological therapies within the context of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency collaboration
• Ability and skills to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Experience of service quality monitoring and service development e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, service development projects, etc.
• Ability to apply clinical psychology/psychotherapy in different cultural contexts sensitively and to take action when own or others' behaviour undermine equality and diversity

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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

Additional information
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Rosanne House

Parkway

Welwyn garden city

AL8 6UB

United Kingdom

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