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About
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex and Kent.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Clinical Psychologist / Psychological Therapist - Eating Disorders
Accepting applications until: 30-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 30-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Waltham Forest TW Eating Disorders
- Address
- Orchards Health centre
- Town
- Barking
- Postcode
- IG11 7RS
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa (plus HCAS) pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Psychological Therapist/Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in Eating Disorders
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. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic Cognitive Behavioural Therapist / Psychological Therapist to join our dedicated multi-disciplinary Community Eating Disorder Team.
North East London NHS Foundation Trust Community Eating Disorder service offers the latest in evidence based NICE compliant psychological interventions to clients and their families with an Eating Disorder. Unlike many other mental health services, we offer specialist assessment and treatment across the life span from age 8yrs with no upper age limit. The team’s multi-disciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals with an eating disorder is a real strength. The post holder will primarily work with adults however opportunities will be available to work across the lifespan.
We are looking for a suitably qualified psychological practitioner to support the team deliver the best possible treatment to adults with an eating disorder. 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.
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The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in providing excellent treatment to people with eating disorders. Previous experience eating disorders experience would be welcome but is not essential as specialist training and support will be provided. The successful applicant will deliver highly specialised assessments and both individual and group therapies.
The post holder will primarily work with adults, however opportunities will be available to work across the lifespan.
Working in an eating disorder service allows the development of skills in working with a number of comorbidities, including autism, depression and anxiety and personality disorders and we offer supervision and training to support this.
The post holder is expected to work well within a team setting however should be able deliver an autonomous service as part of the role, operating within recognised professional guidelines and the overall framework of North East London NHS Foundation Trust eating disorder service policies and procedures.
Essential Criteria:
- Doctorate in Clinical Counselling Psychology or BABCP accredited CBT therapist
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users’ psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
- Experience of assessing and treating service users across the full range of care settings.
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436) (pro rata for part time staff).
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
About the service
North East London NHS Foundation Trust Community Eating Disorder service offers the latest in evidence based psychological interventions to clients and their families with an Eating Disorder. We offer specialist assessment and treatment across the life span from age 8yrs with no upper age limit. This allows the provision of a range of treatments to those of all ages, for example, where indicated, we can provide systemic therapy to adults.
Whilst we are a community service we have excellent links with local specialist inpatient units. We are interested in adding to the evidence base for new treatments for eating disorders and we are actively involved in research in collaboration with UCL. The team prides itself on the support offered to clinicians as we understand the importance of protected time for supervision and training. Clinicians are offered individual and group supervision for our main treatment modalities, as well as regular safeguarding supervision and monthly reflective practice. We actively support our clinicians to access training opportunities. We will have places available on the National Eating Disorder Services for Adults (EDSA) Whole Team Training in 2022-24 as well as providing opportunities for accredited specialist training in CBT-ED at UCL.
The team base is in Barking, a short distance from an excellent transport hub with tube, train and bus links. There is free secure parking on site. We also operate satellite clinics in Walthamstow and Havering.
We provide an excellent training environment for trainee nurses, counselling and clinical psychologists and family therapists which means that there will be the opportunity for the successful candidate to develop supervision skills. We keep the service user’s progress as a central focus in treatment which allows the development of a positive therapeutic relationship.
We strongly support a good work-life balance and we are happy to discuss flexible and part time working with the successful candidate.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
- A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
- A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
- Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
- Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Supporting our Armed Forces
We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans. reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.
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.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities. If you require this application in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape please contact the recruitment team on 0300 300 1530 or email [email protected].
Correspondence with us
You are advised to regularly check your emails (including any junk mail/spam folders) for correspondence related to this post.
In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, NELFT reserves the right to close the vacancy early. If you do not hear from us within three weeks of the closing date then please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Applicant requirements
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.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- 1
Desirable criteria
- 1
Experience
Essential criteria
- Accredited / professaional qualification releveant to job role
Desirable criteria
- two years post reg qualification
experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and skills in delivering high quality psychological thereapy
Desirable criteria
- two years post reg experience
experience in eating disorders
Essential criteria
- knowledge of evidence based treatments in eating disorders
Desirable criteria
- working knowledge of delivering therapy in EDs
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rory Harnett
- Job title
- Service and Strategic Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 555 1216
- Additional information
Name: Abigail Beattie
Job Title: Team Manager
Tel No: 0300 555 1216
[email protected]Name: Lucy Serpell
Job Title: Clinical Lead
Telephone number:0300 555 1216
e-mail address: [email protected]
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