Description
Ellern Mede Group is looking for a part or full time (3-5 days/week) HCPC registered clinical or counselling psychologist skilled at working with young adults (18+ years) with eating disorders and/or complex mental health and co-morbid presentations.
The post is integral in supporting and developing psychological perspectives across the MDT as well as in providing assessment, formulations and therapy to patients and their families.
Specialist psychological interventions (in individual, family and group settings) and therapeutic relationships play an important role in supporting vulnerable children and young people to overcome their mental health difficulties and prepare for life outside of hospital.
The post will be supervised by a consultant or senior clinical psychologist and you will work closely with the multidisciplinary team, other psychologists, assistant psychologists, and therapeutic support workers and autism champions on the unit and as part of the psychological services team who work closely across the Ellern Mede hospital sites.
Ellern Mede has a reputation as a 'unit of last resort' treating some of the most complex patients in the UK.
As such, we are committed to offering evidence-based treatments but also want to create opportunities to expand the evidence-base and knowledge in the field.
Consequently, there will be excellent opportunities for research, training, teaching, service improvement and service evaluation projects.
We have a fortnightly Academic Forum across the group which you will be able to join for CPD and presentations from internal and external speakers.
The role will include opportunities for research and clinical/counselling psychology trainee placements.
You need to be empathetic, boundaried, clinically skilful and a team-player given the challenges of working on an inpatient unit.
Inpatient working is primarily on site and has continued face-to-face rather than remotely.