Band 7 Eating Disorders Camhs Therapist - London, United Kingdom - Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Providing Family Therapy for Anorexia (FT-AN), and other therapeutic interventions, to children and young people with eating disorders as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Working with the professional network around a child.

Participating in the team's triage and assessment system.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts.

Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle.

From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

For further details / informal visits contact

Name:
Elizabeth Anscombe

Job title:
Lead Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Telephone number:
extn 39930

Job description

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person Specification

Please see attached person specification for a full list, which includes:
Education & professional Qualifications

Essential:

Relevant core profession within allied health profession

Either:

Clinical/Counselling Psychology

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 2000) as accredited by the British Psychological Society, or British Psychological Society Statement of Equivalence.

Eligible for Chartership as a clinical Psychologist (BPS)

HCPC registration

or:

Systemic Psychotherapy

Postgraduate training in Systemic and Family Psychotherapy as accredited by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT).

UKCP registration

or

Child Psychotherapy

Recognized postgraduate level training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy conferring eligibility for full membership of the Association of Child Psychotherapists.

Professionally registered with the Association of Child Psychotherapists

Recognised postgraduate training in Art Psychotherapy Prof registration with HCPC registration

or

Nursing

Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

Active Professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Experience

Essential:

Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team located in a community health care setting

Ability to work independently and manage own work within multidisciplinary and supervisory structures of the team

Experience of working with professional networks e.g. education, social services

Experience of specialist multidisciplinary assessment and treatment in a CAMHS and/or eating disorders service

Desirable:

Experience of working with children, adolescents and their parents, with a range of mental health difficulties, and reflecting the full range of clinical severity

Experience of working in a specialist eating disorders service

Experience of working with people in groups