Clinical / Counselling Psychologist in Eating Disorder
Ellern Mede Barnet and Ellern Mede Ridgeway are looking for HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologists skilled at working with young people (18-25 & 8-18 years respectively) with eating disorders and complex co-morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, emerging EUPD, depression, OCD and self-harm. Salaries between £55 and £65 K (pro rata) will be negotiated depending on experience.
Want to work in a service where you can offer excellent psychological care in a highly competent, well-resourced multi-disciplinary team, with space for innovation and room to develop your areas of clinical interest in eating disorders and/or the associated co-morbidities. If yes, then Ellern Mede is the organisation for you.
The full/part time posts will be appointed to according to experience and as such applications will be welcomed from both psychologists who are well established in their career, as well as more recently qualified psychologists who would like to develop expertise within this specialist field of eating disorders and associated co-morbidities.
Main duties of the job
The post is integral in supporting and developing psychological perspectives across the MDT as well as in providing assessment, formulations and therapy to patients and their families. Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable young people to overcome their eating disorder and prepare for life outside of hospital. The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists, therapeutic support workers and autism champions (i.e. with psychology undergraduate degrees) on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the Ellern Mede hospital sites.
Ellern Mede has a reputation as a ‘unit of last resort’ treating some of the most complex patients in the UK. As such, we are committed to offering evidence-based treatments, but also want to create opportunities to expand the evidence-base and knowledge in the eating disorder field. Consequently, there will be excellent opportunities for research, training, teaching, service improvement and service evaluation projects. We have a fortnightly Academic Forum across the group which you will be able to join for CPD and presentations from internal and external speakers. The role will include links with local Doctoral Programmes in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, with opportunities for research and clinical trainee placements. Every clinician has a generous annual CPD budget and where needed specialist external supervision can be bought in.
You need to be empathetic, boundaried, clinically skilful and a team-player given the challenges of working on an inpatient unit. Inpatient working is primarily on site and has continued face-to-face rather than remotely.
About us
Ellern Mede is an internationally renowned specialist service for people with eating disorders and our expert clinicians offer both inpatient and outpatient treatments tailor-made to each individual. We offer short term recovery-focused treatment as well as high dependency intensive treatment for complex, challenging cases.
In recognition of your hard work and dedication, we offer the following benefits:
Free lunch at work
Specialist Eating Disorders Training
Blue Light Discount Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Online Academic Meetings
Job responsibilities
Ellern Mede Barnet and Ellern Mede Ridgeway are looking for HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologists skilled at working with young people (18-25 & 8-18 years respectively) with eating disorders and complex co-morbid presentations e.g. ASC, complex trauma, emerging EUPD, depression, OCD and self-harm. Salaries between £55 and £65 K (pro rata) will be negotiated depending on experience.
Want to work in a service where you can offer excellent psychological care in a highly competent, well-resourced multi-disciplinary team, with space for innovation and room to develop your areas of clinical interest in eating disorders and/or the associated co-morbidities. If yes, then Ellern Mede is the organisation for you.
The full/part time posts will be appointed to according to experience and as such applications will be welcomed from both psychologists who are well established in their career, as well as more recently qualified psychologists who would like to develop expertise within this specialist field of eating disorders and associated co-morbidities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
* Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
* Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Experience
* Experience of working as a qualified clinical/counselling psychologist within CAMHS or Adult Mental Health.
* Experience of teaching and training.
* Experience of developing and running groups.
* Experience of supervision of staff.
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adult and young people across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse.
* Post qualification experience of working patients (and their families) with eating disorders and/or associated co-morbidities (e.g. ASD, complex trauma, EUPD, depression, OCD, self-harm).
* Experience of the application of clinical or counselling psychology in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of providing consultation / training on eating disorders.
* Experience of supervision of trainee or assistant psychologists or other psychologists.
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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr