Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time 0.7, 8b Clinical/Counselling/Health Psychologist within adult eating disorder services. This is a new post created as part of the East of England Provider Collaborative. The Trust is working with CPFT and the Provider Collaborative on the establishment of a new Adult Eating Disorder Admission Avoidance Service called A-EDIT. The post holder will lead the clinical work of the newly formed A-EDIT jointly with a psychiatrist. This role will require the post holder to travel within the East of England Region on a daily basis to support service users and staff.
A-EDIT will have a joint team delivering both virtual and face-to-face interventions, flexed to meet the preference and formulation of the patient and the capacity of the hubs, with staff contracted to CPFT or HPFT and located across the region.
Responsibilities
* To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist Psychological Service to clients within the East of England Alternative to Admission Pathway (A-EDIT) working closely with the Professional Lead and Consultant Psychiatrist.
* To lead on the clinical practice of A-EDIT together with the Psychiatrist.
* To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists, psychological therapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment, or to ensure with the Professional Lead that they have appropriate professional supervision and support.
* To supervise and support case formulations and consultation to other professionals within A-EDIT and external stakeholders.
* To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within A-EDIT.
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