Band 8a Clinical Psychologist -Eating Disorders

Job overview

Are you an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist looking for a new challenge?

We have a new opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join our CAMHS Eating Disorders Team, where you will have the opportunity to use and develop your specialist skills.

We are seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join our team. We invest strongly in staff development, offering training, supervision and specialist interest groups to support skills in interventions such as FT-AN, CBT (including CBT-E) and NET.

As a senior team member, you will provide supervision, consultation and leadership, with extensive opportunities for further professional development in these areas.

You will work within our Specialist Eating Disorders Team, part of a CAMHS service alongside a Consultant Psychologist, Band 7 Psychologist, Clinical Associate Psychologists, Trainee Psychologists.

Staff wellbeing is central to our service. We are a highly supportive team, and managers work with you to ensure manageable caseloads and to help you develop special interests.

Main duties of the job

• Work within a multidisciplinary team including Psychologists, Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, CWPs, Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.
• Deliver high-quality specialist clinical psychology within the CAMHS Eating Disorder Service.
• Provide assessment, formulation, risk assessment and evidence-based care plans for children and young people with eating disorders and complex mental health needs.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies

Most clinical work is delivered face to face, with opportunities for home working depending on service needs and diary commitments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

For further information about the specifics of this role please see the job description and person specification in the documents section. We’d love to hear from you if you’d like to find out more and discuss this role.