Eating Disorders Service Clinical Psychologist
Band 7
Main area: Eating Disorders
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 327-24-1176
Site: Brownhills Town, Cheltenham
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/01/2025 23:59
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
Our application process aims to understand each candidate's knowledge, skills, and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over-reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us.
Job overview
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
1. To be responsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of children and adults in the Eating Disorders team within the Trust.
2. 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.
3. To clinically supervise pre-qualified psychology staff.
4. Contribute toward specialist clinical risk assessments and complex risk management planning as part of routine clinical work, including actively contributing to multi-disciplinary clinical discussions and formulations.
5. To work compassionately with service users and carers to achieve identified goals and to promote independence and well-being.
6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines.
7. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
8. 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.
Working for our organisation
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 (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
* 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority;
* 76.7% 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.
Detailed job description and main 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
* Registered as Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
Nature and length of experience
* 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.
* Is in process of acquiring clinical experience of an increasingly specialist nature.
* Some prior experience of supervising.
Professional/managerial specialist knowledge
* 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.
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites.
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible, family-friendly, and agile working opportunities.
* Recognition and long service awards.
* Fast Track physiotherapy.
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work, Car scheme, and discounts on travel, leisure, and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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