Highly Specialist Clinicalcounselling Psychologist Eating Disorders Job In London

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinical or counselling psychologist to join a busy community CAMHS Eating Disorders team, which includes an intensive treatment service. The primary role will be assessment and therapy work using Family Therapy for Eating Disorders and CBT for Eating Disorders principles. We are a multidisciplinary team, and we work closely with partner agencies. You would join a growing psychology team, which is made up of qualified clinical and counselling psychologists, and trainee and assistant psychologists. Other key tasks for the post are supervision of junior staff, and contributing to service evaluation and development.

We welcome applicants with experience of work in CAMHS eating disorders services, service development and clinical supervision.

We are a large and friendly team, and we are based in accessible and pleasant Hampstead in North London. There is plenty of opportunity for CPD and training, and to be involved in research. Visits and enquiries are welcome.

Main duties of the job

Providing Family Therapy for Eating Disorders and CBT for Eating Disorders to children and young people with eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Providing psychological therapy focused on common psychological maintaining factors for eating disorders, such as anxiety, mood problems, perfectionism, poor self-esteem, and emotion regulation difficulties.

Providing consultation and supervision to the team.

Contributing to service development and evaluation as appropriate

About us

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A& E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Please see attachedperson specificationfor a full list, which includes:

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential:

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
• HCPC registration
• Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status

Desirable:

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

Essential:

• Two years qualified experience as a clinical or counselling psychologist.
• Evidence of post-qualification supervised clinical experience in therapeutic intervention and management of children and young people with eating disorders, using cognitive-behavioural and family based assessment and intervention techniques.
• Post-qualification experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments.
• Experience of working with children and young people with common mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression
• Experience of working with children and young people with developmental conditions such as autism and ADHD
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of service development
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.
• HCPC registration
• Eligibility for Chartered Clinical Psychologist status

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience as a clinical or counselling psychologist
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including community, primary care, outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
• Evidence of post-qualification supervised clinical experience in therapeutic intervention and management of children and young people with eating disorders, using family based and cognitive-behavioural assessment and intervention techniques.
• Post-qualification experience of work within interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary environments
• Experience of working with children and young people with common mental health difficulties such as anxiety and depression
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and young people with developmental conditions such as autism and ADHD

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Mary's House

23 East Heath Road

London

NW3 1DU

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