Description
This is an exciting opportunity for an Eating Disorder Therapist to join our team at East London NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of eating disorder presentations as well as co-morbid mental health conditions to allow for the provision of a holistic care package to the young person.
The ideal candidate communicates well, enjoys working with individuals, families and groups and will bring enthusiasm and commitment to the role.
They will complete specialist eating disorder assessments and deliver evidence-based and NICE-concordant interventions for eating disorders to children and young people and their families within our early intervention and specialist therapy pathways. These interventions may be delivered in clinic, community and home settings; to individuals or groups work, holistically with the multi-disciplinary team to support young people and their families with eating disorders and contribute to increasing awareness of the presentation and prevalence of eating disorders.
To develop and deliver our early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psychoeducation, self-help materials working closely with our assistant psychologist.
Main duties of the job:
- Complete specialist eating disorder assessments within the Community Eating Disorder Service for Children & Young People (CEDS-CYP).
- Act as the duty clinician on the rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing a rapid response to urgent clinical situations.
- Be involved in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children and young people with eating disorders in the community, to liaise closely with other health care professionals to ensure a consistent approach.
- Provide specialist therapeutic interventions as part of individualised treatment plans based on psychotherapeutic principles which are grounded in evidence-based practice and NICE-concordant interventions for eating disorders.
- Develop and deliver our early intervention support pathway, including consultation, psychoeducation, self-help materials working closely with our assistant psychologist.
- Care coordinate a substantial caseload of assessment, treatment and consultation work, identifying priorities of action in complex circumstances.
- Utilise specialist skills in managing and communicating with patients, their families, carers and other agencies in situations that are sensitive, highly complex and may be emotionally distressing.
- Evaluate and monitor clinical risk which will include physical and psychiatric risk for appropriate interventions to jointly manage risk and to inform other agencies as appropriate.
The East London Community Eating Disorders Service (CEDS) is a multidisciplinary team including Therapies (family therapy, clinical/counselling psychology, assistant psychology), Medical (psychiatry and paediatrics), Nursing (mental health and paediatric nursing), Dietetics, Support Workers & Administrative and Operational staff.
Our team covers the East London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City & Hackney.
Requirements:
- Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification, such as a Statement of Equivalence, leading to eligibility for Chartered status.
- Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and treatment interventions to patients with complex problems.
- Experience of working with patients reflecting a wide range of clinical severity and need.
- Experience of involving service users in the coproduction of service delivery.
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervision.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in a range of care settings, including outpatient, inpatient and community.