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Job overview
The post holder will provide therapeutic interventions to clients aged 18 and over, presenting with a range of eating disorders and other psychological difficulties. Responsibilities include the comprehensive assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of individualized care plans, encompassing both group and individual therapeutic interventions.
In addition, the post holder will:
- Offer expert advice and consultation on eating disorder-related issues to colleagues within the Trust and to external agencies.
- Maintain a defined caseload, ensuring high standards of clinical care.
- Contribute to the education and development of others by delivering teaching sessions within the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and to external organizations as appropriate.
- Provide clinical supervision to MDT members and trainee clinical psychologists, supporting their professional growth and ensuring best practice.
You will join a dedicated and person-centred service with a diverse MDT consisting of:
- Clinical and Counselling Psychologists
- Dietitians
- CBT Therapists
- Support Worker
- Mental health Practitioners
- Specialist doctors
There is a wealth of clinical expertise across a range of psychological approaches including CAT, CBT-E, CBT-T, CFT, GSH, EMDR, and MANTRA along with our specialised early intervention eating disorders pathway FREED
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- As part of the multidisciplinary team, provide specialist psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions for clients with eating disorders, managing a defined caseload, and will coordinate care with other professionals. Management of clients will include risk assessment, monitoring physical health, maintaining clinical records, contributing to research, and supporting clients and carers.
- Teaching, supervision, and providing clinical placements for trainees.
- Provision of clinical supervision and maintain oversight of staff working in the service.
- Participate in staff development and performance systems, including support to the multidisciplinary team in delivering client-centred, evidence-based care.
- Contribute to drafting and implementing operational policies and procedures for service development, both individually and through MDT meetings.
- Follow professional guidelines, Trust policies, and MDT protocols in your work, and help identify service needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements: – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of mental ill health and its impact with experience/knowledge of working as a clinician.
- Knowledge of mental ill health and its impact with experience/knowledge of working as a clinician within the speciality of eating disorders.
- Knowledge of legislation and statutory guidance relating to mental health and eating disorders, including the NICE guidelines, the Mental Health Act and the Care Programme Approach.
- An understanding of ethical issues in relation to working with people who experience mental ill health and eating disorders.
- An understanding of the principles and practice of assessment and care management including the management of risk.
- An understanding of ethical issues in relation to working with people who experience mental ill health with particular emphasis on eating disorders.
- Knowledge of the serious physical health risks specific to eating disorders.
Experience
Essential
- Significant supervised therapy experience encompassing assessment formulation, engagement, developing the therapeutic relationship, using relevant therapeutic interventions, working collaborative with clients and working to end therapy.
- Significant experience of working with service users with eating disorders using specific therapies relevant to the treatment of eating disorders.
- Experience of facilitating group therapy interventions.
- Experience of offering clinical supervision.
- Significant demonstrable experience of working independently with service users and using own initiative Showing an ability to organise, prioritise and monitor your own caseload whilst working as a qualified psychological therapist.
- Experience of effectively using information technology.
- Research experience and experience of maintaining outcomes databases.
- Evidence of continual professional development.
- Advanced information technology experience.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of service user and carer engagement.
- Significant experience of working with service users with eating disorders using specific therapies relevant to the treatment of eating disorders.
- Experience of offering clinical supervision.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work towards agreed goals.
- Ability to develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions.
- Ability to work therapeutically with clients with eating disorders.
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with service users, carers, other agencies and professionals.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and monitor own workload.
- Ability to establish and maintain good standards of professional practice to ensure the delivery of an effective, quality service.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Good Honours Degree in Psychology/Qualified psychological therapist and registration with appropriate regulatory body
Desirable
- • Further Qualification and training in recognised therapies in the treatment of eating disorders e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Enhanced, Cognitive Analytic Therapy, Compassion Focussed Therapy
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This advert is for Psychologist/Psychological Therapist with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, North West, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Jul 2026.
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