Eating Disorders Service Clinical Psychologist

Job Summary

The Service is pleased to offer this permanent Band 7 Clinical Psychology role in our Eating Disorders Community Services, working across the county. We are seeking enthusiastic candidates who can contribute positively and flexibly to a dynamic service. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong commitment to the principles of person-centred service delivery, excellent professional and clinical skills, and preferably experience of work within the Eating Disorders. The role requires the delivery of an applied psychology model that promotes and supports effective psychological outcomes through direct and indirect models of working. Therefore consultation, teaching and training will form an essential component of the post alongside direct clinical work.

Main Duties of the Job

1. To be responsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of children and adults in the Eating Disorders team within the Trust.
2. Provide a range of highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment interventions for all ages in the Community Eating Disorders Service, using a variety of applied psychology models.
3. To clinically supervise pre-qualified psychology staff.
4. Contribute toward specialist clinical risk assessments and complex risk management planning as part of routine clinical work. This will include actively contributing to multi-disciplinary clinical discussions and formulations.
5. To work compassionately with service users and carers to achieve identified goals and to promote independence and well-being.
6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines.
7. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
8. To act in a care co-ordination role where necessary and appropriate.

Qualifications, Training & Experience Requirements

Essential

• Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Experience of maintaining working relationships and a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues.
• Evidence of maintaining effective communication.
• Proficient in the manipulation of complex Psychological test equipment for use in formal testing situations.

Desirable

• Is in process of acquiring clinical experience of an increasingly specialist nature.
• Some prior experience of supervising.

Professional/Managerial Specialist Knowledge

Essential

• Highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models for psychopathology, psychometrics, up to date practice with client group, and two or more psychological therapies.
• Knowledge of research methodology, research design, and complex multivariate data analysis consistent with Clinical Psychologist status and as practised within the Applied Psychological professions.

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 employer's website.

UK Registration

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Employer Details

Employer Name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Brownhills, St Pauls Medical Centre, Cheltenham, Cheltenham, GL51 9ER
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