Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Eating Disorder (Adult) CBT Therapist
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Cognitive Behavioural Therapist to join our team and contribute to shaping this aspirational service. Providing specialist CBT work and contributing to the assessment, formulation, and delivery of evidence-based psychological treatments for people with eating disorders and their families, as part of an MDT approach. While prior experience of working with eating disorders is beneficial, we welcome applications from candidates with transferable skills and enthusiasm. The Adult Eating Disorder Service is forward-thinking in developing care using evidence-based treatments and providing quality, safe, and prompt interventions. The service is multidisciplinary and psychologically informed, building its existing pathways around severe enduring eating disorders and physical health care. We positively welcome applications from people who represent diverse communities. The service works core 9-5 hours Monday to Friday. Candidates should be prepared to work flexibly to meet service needs within these hours.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities
1. Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service.
2. Assess clients for suitability for psychological interventions.
3. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referrer.
4. Undertake comprehensive ED assessments.
5. Care co-ordination and risk assessment.
6. Formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.
7. Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties.
8. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary.
9. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings.
10. Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression.
* Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
* Options for flexible working.
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI, and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
* Free car parking at all trust sites.
* Free flu vaccinations every year.
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one-off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Job responsibilities
Accept referrals via agreed protocols within the service. Assess clients for suitability for Eating Disorder Treatment. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary. Formulate, implement, and evaluate therapy programmes for clients. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language. Use highly developed communication skills in working with people to understand their difficulties. Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment and treatment of clients in line with clinical guidance and service policies.
Please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details on this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Experience
* Evidence of at least two years post qualification experience as a CBT Therapist and eligible for BABCP accreditation.
Experience
* Evidence/experience of working within mental health, inpatient, community, or Primary Care setting.
* Experience of working within an Eating Disorders Service.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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