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. The Above Service Delivery Includes Provision Of 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 one 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 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. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission. Our Family Of Over 4,000 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 For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Christian Koebbel Job title: Consultant Counselling Psychologist Email address: christian.koebbel@nhs.net