We are looking for an experienced Senior Psychological Therapist or Psychologist to join our Specialist Community Eating Disorders Service. The Community Eating Disorder Service is a welcoming and compassionate team, which has won the 2018 AWP Trust Service User's and Carer's Award. The Service is in the process of being transformed and expanded, as part of current national and regional developments, which will provide excellent opportunities for career development, training, creativity, leadership and innovation for the right candidate!

We are looking for someone with an interest in working with people living with eating disorders. People living with an eating disorder are often stigmatised and marginalised; we're therefore keen to find somebody with a keen sense of compassion and equality. You'll be closely supported by the MDT, and there will additionally be opportunities for specialist training.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a resource around the assessment, treatment and support of people living with eating disorders. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide clinical supervision to junior clinicians within the eating disorders team. They will provide specialist psychologically treatments for users of the community service. Specialist supervision will be provided.

This is an excellent career development opportunity to further develop your specialist knowledge and skills in working with people living with eating disorders.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Job description Job responsibilities

To fulfil a comprehensive role as a highly specialised Senior Psychological Therapist within the STEPs adult eating disorder team.

To carry out specialist assessments and provide specialist therapy to individuals and groups as appropriate and maintain associated records.

To undertake Research and Development, service evaluation and clinical audit.

To clinically supervise trainees, assistants and team members as appropriate to level of experience.

To offer training to staff in the STEPs team and other staff where appropriate.

To offer consultation to staff in the STEPs team and other staff where appropriate.

To support the full implementation of CPA acting as a care co-ordinator as appropriate to the needs of the service.

Person Specification Qualifications and experience Essential

• Qualified Psychological Therapist as specified in job description
• registered with relevant body
• experience of either CBT, Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy for AN, Focal Psychodynamic Therapy for AN

Desirable

• experience of community working
• interest/experience of working with eating disorders

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