Associate Psychological Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Psychological Practitioner to work within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Eating Disorder Service.

This is a permanent post.

You will work with clients to complete psychological assessments, formulations and interventions to meet presenting need, under the supervision of a qualified psychological professional.

You will work as part of a team and contribute to the psychological understanding of distress and behaviour.

Associate Psychology Practitioner qualification. Other relevant training, support and experience will be provided.

For further information, please contact Uma Patel on

The service also offers psychological support and training for the relatives of people within our service.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

As an Associate Psychological Practitioner in the eating disorder service, you will be responsible for a clinical caseload, conducting assessments and delivering individual and group interventions under regular clinical supervision.