Post Outline Ellern Mede Ridgeway is looking for an HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist skilled at working with young people (8-18 years) with eating disorders and complex co-morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, emerging EUPD, depression, OCD and self-harm. Full Time, Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week. Part Time is also an option for this role upon discussion. Salary range per anum: £55,000 - £60,000. (depending on expereince). MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical To provide specialist psychological assessments. These will include psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patient’s care. To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and management of a patient’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient’s problems and national guidelines (e.g. NICE, MEED). To make decisions and deliver psychological treatments (e.g. at individual, family, group level) taking into account both theoretical and evidence-based therapeutic models and factors concerning a patient’s historical and developmental processes. To undertake psychologically based risk assessments and risk management for patients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi – disciplinary team. To have knowledge and understanding of the principles of the CPA and to support and contribute to the CPA care planning process for clients on CPA. To provide a psychological perspective, advice, guidance and consultation to MDT professionals within the service. To disseminate psychological expertise across the service by developing and running treatment programmes jointly with other staff. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic data entry and recording and report writing in accordance with the professional codes of practice of the HCPC, BPS as well as Ellern Mede policies and procedures. Overview of Duties: Management, recruitment, policy and service development To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of Ellern Mede operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. To provide and maintain adequate statistics and records of work as required by the company. Exercises delegated responsibility for the safe, appropriate and legitimate use of psychological test material and equipment. Teaching, training, and supervision To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from the consultant/senior psychologist. To contribute to the supervision of recently qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists and therapeutic support workers. To manage the workloads of assistant and graduate psychologists within the framework of the team and BPS policies and procedures. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other MDT professionals based on the patients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan. To participate in and contribute to the academic, clinical and research training and supervision of Doctoral Clinical or Counselling Psychology Trainees. Research and service evaluation To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practices in Ellern Mede. To actively undertake audits to support quality assurance and clinical governance, do research and offer audit and research guidance to other staff (including doctoral psychology trainees and assistant psychologists). To participate in project management and service improvement projects. To participate in service evaluation within the team (including supervision of assistant psychologists). To work with the registered managers and consultant psychologist to ensure we have appropriate outcome measures and are complaint with NHS, CQC, provider collaborative requirements. General and Professional To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes. To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of psychology, eating disorders and related co-morbid mental health problems. To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to the Ellern Mede patient group and mental health in general. To supply all clinical information within the required timescales and to keep data on the electronic information system up to date. To establish and maintain close working relationships with other professional groups and disciplines and participate in meetings as required. Probationary period This post is subject to the requirements of a three-month probationary period for new staff. Who are we? Eating Disorders are extraordinarily complex illnesses that present with abnormalities in physical and psychological functioning. The physical complications have the potential to cause permanent damage and in some cases are life threatening. The causes are complex and multi-factorial, including genetic, neurodevelopmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment programme including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions. The service admits patients whose illness requires more intense levels of clinical involvement and nursing. patients often require treatment under mental health legislation. The aims of the services are to improve the patients’ health and dependency needs sufficiently for transfer to a regular eating disorder unit or to the community. The treatment programme can include naso-gastric (NG) tube feeding and for some of our most unwell patients, this is sometimes required under restraint (if necessary, once all other avenues have been exhausted). In these cases, the service goes a long way to promote advocacy for the patient, their rights, seek their involvement and apply ‘least restrictive interventions’.