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 o To beresponsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of children and adults in the Eating Disorders team within the Trust.
o 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.
o To clinically supervise pre-qualified psychology staff.
o 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.
o To work compassionately with service users and carers to achieve identified goals and to promote independence and well-being.
o To work autonomously within professional guidelines.
o To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research o To act in a care co-ordination role where necessary and appropriate The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services.
We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.
For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.
However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached job description for main responsibilities.The role requires supporting the principle forensic psychologist with the delivery of specialist risk reduction and protection enhancing psychological assessments and interventions, whilst also utilising an applied psychological model that promotes and supports effective psychological outcomes within the multi-disciplinary team.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC Nature and length of experience Essential 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 specilaist 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.