Assistant Psychologist - Eating Disorders
NHS AfC: Band 4
Main area: Assistant Psychologist Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
Job ref: 395-EC921-24
Site: Widford Hall
Town: Chelmsford
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/12/2024 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
We are seeking an Assistant Psychologist to join our dedicated multi-disciplinary North East London NHS Foundation Trust SET CAMHS Community Eating Disorders Service.
The Eating Disorder service provides the latest in evidence-based NICE compliant psychological interventions to children/young people and their families with an Eating Disorder.
We welcome applications from psychology graduates who would like to develop their knowledge and skills and have a passion for working with children and young people with eating disorders.
The successful applicant will be part of an MDT. We are seeking an individual with the knowledge and skills to work as part of a multi-professional team and be innovative in their approach to supporting this client group. The role includes clinical, research and audit aspects.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
* To undertake, under the direct supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, protocol-based psychological assessments of clients.
* To assist in the formulation and delivery of routine care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems.
* To manage an ongoing programme of audit of outcomes from treatment.
* To analyse this data and contribute to the production of reports of outcomes for the team and for commissioners.
Person specification
Qualifications
* An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology.
* Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
* Further post-graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Experience
* Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
* Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
Knowledge
* High level communication skills (written and verbal).
* Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues.
* An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
* An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context.
* Knowledge of Eating Disorders.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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