Cbt Therapist - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Norwich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced CBT Therapist to join the specialist CYP Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS).

We are looking for a highly motivated practitioner; preferably with experience of working with young people but experience with young adults or adults with eating disorders also relevant.

This post will support our multi-disciplinary team to complete assessments and deliver individual and group work within community settings. This role gives opportunity for development of skills and expertise in a supportive multi-disciplinary team.

You will be supported within the team by senior clinicians and will work closely with other specialists within the service.

Clinical supervision and professional leadership will be provided.

There are excellent opportunities for professional development within team through supervision, training, team CPD and wider Specialist Services and Trust events.

To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families, and groups, within and across teams, and to provide an active contribution to service development of the ARFID pathway.

To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.

To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.

Please see below wording for the working for your organisation section: Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey.

We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Benefits:

Benefits included with this role are:

NHS pension
A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
Career progression
Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
Staff physio service
NHS discounts and many more.

The successful applicant will be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team working across Norfolk & Waveney supporting clinicians.

To provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the ARFID service including assessing/working with children and young people with ARFID in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders, learning disabilities and common co-occurring conditions including anxiety, depression and medical condition.

It is an exciting time to join Specialist Services, this post will support our wider work and pathway for children and young people identified with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, more commonly known as ARFID.

The condition is characterised by a person's avoidance certain foods or types of food, having restricted intake in terms of overall amount eaten, or both.

ARFID can have a negative impact on the person's physical health as well as their psychological wellbeing. Children and young people may fail to gain weight as expected and their growth may be affected.

Home based working is also available in addition to patient facing delivery. This role is Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm.