The post is responsible for the provision of highly specialist psychological input to the Adults Community Eating Disorders Service in Bedfordshire and Luton which works with people with severe and complex eating disorders.
The post holder will be an experienced clinical or counselling psychologist with substantial knowledge in the field of eating disorders and will directly provide psychological assessments, formulations, and therapies to service users and their families and friends and develop treatment plans. The post holder will consult to other members of the eating disorder service and other statutory and third sector organisations involved in service user care.
The post holder will be involved in supporting service users and facilitating continuity of care before and following inpatient admissions and after transition from CAMH. In addition, the post holder will undertake service development initiatives, audit, and research. The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines.
The post holder will clinically supervise the work of less senior members of the team including assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, and psychologists, and contribute to the line management of team colleagues.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Provide highly specialist psychological assessments, based on the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
2. Formulate and implement plans for formal psychological treatment and/or management of an eating disorder in adults based upon a broad theoretical knowledge.
3. Provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other multidisciplinary professionals contributing directly to service users' formulation, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
4. Implement a broad range of evidence-based specialist psychological treatments which require the formulation and modification of plans and strategies as practice and experience demands.
5. Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors.
6. Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients.
7. Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users.
8. Ensure that multidisciplinary colleagues have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding the care of service users.
9. Participate in service journal club and CPD activities.
10. Work closely with the Principal Psychologist and Clinical Lead to implement the Trust's Quality Improvement methodology.
Administration:
1. Share in the team responsibility for screening appropriateness of incoming referrals to the Community Eating Disorders Service.
2. Maintain clear written records of all work carried out in multidisciplinary files following ELFT records management and record keeping guidelines.
3. Provide accurate and timely clinical information as required and input into Trust electronic record systems.
4. Prepare teaching materials and presentations to a professional level.
Management:
1. Clinically supervise the work of less senior members of the team.
2. Provide post-qualification training (CPD) and clinical professional supervision to qualified psychologists attached to the team.
3. Participate in staff recruitment processes.
Performance and Quality:
1. Keep abreast of developments in psychology for clients who experience eating disorders and complex mental health needs.
2. Ensure the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice.
3. Support service development and quality improvement initiatives within the service.
Making Things Better:
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work.
We are committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve.
Other reasons to apply include flexible working arrangements and potential relocation support.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive.
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