Assistant Clinical Psychologist - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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The Post will be part of the Trust-wide Eating Disorder Team and will be based in Huntingdon and include work in our clinics in Peterborough or Cambridge.

The team provides an outpatient service to children and young people up to the age of 18 who present with an eating disorder and their families / carers.

This post would suit an experienced assistant psychologist with an interest in eating disorders who is passionate about working with children, young people and their families.

We are looking for an organised and capable individual to work under the supervision of a qualified Clinical Psychologist to support our group programme and provide psychological assessments and interventions.

The post-holder will play a key role in evaluation of the service.

The post-holder will be offered the opportunity for continued professional development within a well-established multi-disciplinary service.

Our service has a strong commitment to professional development through individual supervision, training, appraisal and an ethos of close multi-disciplinary working.

The post is permanent and full time. Please note that this vacancy will be closed after the first 50 applicants have been submitted.

We are committed to equal opportunities and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the CAMHS Eating Disorders service, providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics and development of audit and/or research projects.

DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

To support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the CAMHS Eating Disorders service.
Providing psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional

psychologist.

Working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics and development of audit and/or research projects.
To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client's problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, in both community and inpatient/residential settings.
To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
To work within the risk assessments undertaken within the team in line with Trust and interagency policies and procedures.
To work with other staff to assess patients and review their care in preparation for multidisciplinary reviews.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) has been successful in gaining additional funding to expand the CAMHS Eating Disorders Service.

CPFT has led on the Adult Provider Collaborative implementation of the New Models of Care process in the NHS Eastern Region for Adult Eating Disorders and is now leading the eating disorders specialist pathway for Children's mental health.