Psychological Therapist - Band 7 Coventry, England
Job description
Our Community Eating Disorder (ED) Services are undergoing transformation, and we’re pleased to be recruiting psychological therapists to join us in realising our long-term vision for a single service for adults with eating disorders across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Due to this, we are significantly increasing the capacity of our ED services to provide assessment and treatment for patients and their carers in Coventry and Warwickshire.
In this exciting role, you will initially join the existing Coventry Eating Disorder Service (CEDS) as a clinical or counselling psychologist providing assessment and treatment for people with mild to moderate eating disorders. The role is offered full-time and there are opportunities for flexible and hybrid working. As we transform services you will then be given the opportunity to work across our eating disorder pathways.
We welcome applications from experienced therapists and clinical psychologists, but we’re also keen to develop the skills and experience of staff who are new to the field, through training, supervision, and the opportunity to work alongside our experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT).
Our current team have an international reputation for the treatment of people with an eating disorder, and there will be opportunities to work with colleagues in other local ED services to develop your knowledge and skills in working with clients transitioning between services.
This post primarily involves psychological assessment, including assessment and monitoring of risk, formulating and care planning and delivering group-based Compassion Focused Therapy. Training and supervision for this model will be provided.
You’ll provide consultancy, supervision, teaching and training to the Eating Disorder MDT and to other staff in mental health services. They will also be supported to actively contribute to service audit/evaluation and research including guidance and supervision on relevant projects.
We believe that professional development is key to training our team. This includes Health Education England training in ED models and regular clinical supervision to support your practice and develop your skills. You will have the opportunity to develop, supervise and contribute to research and publication. You will also have the support of our Assistant and Voluntary Assistant Psychologists to support you in this work.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
- To have undertaken a recognised qualification and to be appropriately regulated in one of the core mental health professions e.g. nursing, social work, psychology and occupational therapy,orsubstantial previous experience as an NHS psychotherapist.
- Qualification in a recognised psychological therapy, to master’s level or equivalent.
- Ability to provide Compassion Focused psychological therapy to people with eating disorders.
- Well developed knowledge and skill in multi-disciplinary team working with complex clients.
- Ability to manage and have good insight into the personal emotional impact of working with unpredictable levels of high emotional distress and psychological trauma amongst the client group being served.
- Ability to maintain a calm and professional stance in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the potential threat of physical violence.
- Well developed skills in effective communication of highly technical or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and professional colleagues both within and outside of the NHS
- Knowledge of legislation and policy as it effects this client group
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups and non-professional groups. This includes the capacity to sensitively advise, support, educate and mentor other professionals regarding therapy with people with severe eating disorders.
- Advanced IT skills, for recording work activity, for searching data bases and the internet, for word processing and preparing presentations, and for using email and intranet systems.
- Good oral and written skills
- Prompt and accurate administration of specialist psychological testing [as appropriate to professional background]
- A developed knowledge of the theory and practice of other psychological therapies in the treatment of people with eating disorders
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings including the capacity to communicate with challenging or unsupportive audiences
- Capacity, skills and experience of making sound clinical judgements when normative data, information and other expert opinion is not available
- Awareness and understanding of ethical issues that arise in this area of work
- Significant experience of working with people with eating disorders, including specific theoretical and practical knowledge of working with this client group.
- Relevant experience of working in a mental health setting within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of the assessment of the suitability of prospective clients for a recognised psychological therapy.
- Experience of working in a specialist eating disorder service
- Experience of working with group dynamics and group processes
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients across the whole adult life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of or willingness to contribute to the clinical supervision of less qualified staff and/or trainees utilising both group and individual formats
- Experience of the application of psychological treatment in different cultural contexts
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of the assessment, formulation and treatment of high risk clients in crisis, who experience high levels of suicidal ideation, and frequently engage in deliberate self-harm,
- Ability to work as an effective, sensitive and self aware team member
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Demonstrable enthusiasm and commitment to the client group and service model
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Ability to work and develop as a reflective practitioner
- Willingness to work on personal issues that arise during the course of providing therapy, within the context of individual and group supervision
- Must be a non-smoker during working hours
- Must hold a current driving licence and have independent means of transport.
- Must be willing to travel between Trust sites as required.
- Must be willing to undertake DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check at enhanced level
- Must be legally entitled to work in this country
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