AWP are investing in additional resources for our Specialised Eating Disorder Service and we are looking for someone who shares our passion for improving access and the quality of care for people with eating disorders.

An exciting and developmental career opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, experienced and skilled Clinical Psychologist to join the Specialist Community Eating Disorder Service.

The community eating disorder team is a welcoming and compassionate team which is undergoing a range of changes as part of current national and regional developments, which will provide opportunities for leadership and innovation.

You will

• have significant post qualification experience and an interest of working with people living with an eating disorder.
• work closely with the MDT as well as providing a resource around the assessment, treatment and support of people living with eating disorders throughout AWP.
• provide expert clinical supervision to clinicians within the eating disorder team. They will provide specialist psychologically treatments for users of the eating disorder community service, as well as have some input to the STEPS inpatient service. Specialist supervision will be available.

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

Main duties of the job

You will provide

• psychological input to the community eating disorder service and if needed to the eating disorder inpatient unit.
• lead in the provision of high quality evidence-based psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for our community patients.
• You will provide either direct individual or group treatments for service users, and/or provide supervision and training to other staff, enabling the provision of high quality psychologically informed practice and support within the team.
• support the trust ambition for all services to become trauma informed.
• work with families of service users, providing some family support, as appropriate.
• be part of the multidisciplinary team, facilitating the integration of a psychological perspective into the team's understanding of the clinical issues. This may include providing consultation to other professionals, especially where there are ambiguities around diagnosis, formulation and care.
• provide training and reflective practice forums to support the professional development of their teams, and will supervise other disciplines in the provision of high quality psychological interventions.
• take a lead role in service evaluation or research projects relevant to the community team.
• undertake regular clinical supervision, and will have regular contact with the principle clinical psychologist in the eating disorder community team for clinical supervision.
• attend training and CPD events as appropriate to their role

About us

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) provides inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire. We also provide specialist services extending throughout the south west.

We are passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise and resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe and focused on people's recovery. Our staff are pivotal in everything we do and we are committed to involving them fully in the development of the Trust and our services.

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

The post holder will provide psychological input to the STEPS community service and if needed to the eating disorder inpatient unit.

One of the central roles will be to lead in the provision of high quality evidence-based psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for our community patients. Most service users will have a diagnosis of either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. In addition, service users may have other mental health needs, such as anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, personality disorder or an autistic spectrum disorder. The post holder will provide either direct individual or group treatments for service users, and/or provide supervision and training to other staff, enabling the provision of high quality psychologically informed practice and support within the team. The post holder will support the trust ambition for all services to become trauma informed.

The post holder may also work with families of service users, providing some family support, as appropriate.

The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, facilitating the integration of a psychological perspective into the teams understanding of the clinical issues. This may include providing consultation to other professionals, especially where there are ambiguities around diagnosis, formulation and care.

They will provide training and reflective practice forums to support the professional development of their teams, and will supervise other disciplines in the provision of high quality psychological interventions.

The post holder will be expected to take a lead role in service evaluation or research projects relevant to the community team.

The post holder will be expected to undertake regular clinical supervision, and will have regular contact with the principle clinical psychologist in the STEPs community team for clinical supervision.

The post holder will be expected to attend training and CPD events as appropriate to their role.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• meets criteria of person spec

Desirable

• eating disorder therapy training

Experience Essential

• post-qualification experience

Desirable

• eating disorder and/or community mental health experience
• substantial CBT or Mantra experience

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