Band 7 Cognitive Behavioural Therapist - The Barberry
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
We are aiming to recruit a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist on a 12-month fixed term basis to cover for employment break. A secondment from internal candidates within the Trust will also be considered. This is a well-established post based in the Eating Disorders Service at The Barberry in Edgbaston, Birmingham. It involves the provision of specialist psychological assessment and evidence-based psychological interventions to clients of the Eating Disorders Service; and to provide consultation-liaison and training to colleagues in primary and secondary care teams. Being allied to the multi-disciplinary team in the Eating Disorders Service, the post holder will act as a member of the team, attend meetings and offer supervision, advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to team colleagues. The post holder will be closely supervised and supported by a senior Clinical Psychologist / Psychological Therapist in the Eating Disorders Service.
Main duties of the job
To provide a qualified specialist psychological therapy service to users of the service team, across all sectors of care; providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy while offering supervision, advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. To utilise skills for clinical and service audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A recorded/registered qualification eligible for registration with the HCPC or the NMC AND a post graduate qualification to at least diploma level in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
* Post-qualification training in specific therapeutic approaches such as MANTRA, EMDR, etc.
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups presenting with mental health problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
* Experience of teaching, training, and/or supervision.
Skills
* 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 both within and outside the NHS.
* Skills in providing consultation and liaison to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, etc.).
Personal
* An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
* An interest in working with people with eating disorders.
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.
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 per annum, pro rata.
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