Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Ellern Mede Group

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Job summary

Ellern Mede is an internationally renowned specialist service for people with eating disorders and our expert clinicians offer both inpatient and outpatient treatments tailor-made to each individual. We offer short term recovery-focused treatment as well as high dependency intensive treatment for complex, challenging cases.

Main duties of the job

We are currently recruiting for a Specialist Clinical Psychologist with Eating Disroders experience.

You will have a commitment to delivering high quality care. Decision making, communication and organisational skills are also important. Your warmth towards your patients will support them to feel positive about their lives.

Please read about us before applying at www.ellernmede.org Your application must include a detailed CV, email address and telephone number. We strongly recommend you also state why you are interested in this post.

About us

In return for your expertise and commitment we offer:

  • A competitive salary
  • Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
  • Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
  • Sick Pay (after one years service)
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Workplace pension
  • Personal holiday and education fund

Following your application you can expect to receive a telephone call to discuss your application for short-list screening.

If you have any questions please call our Human Resources Team on 020 3209 7900.

Date posted

07 January 2021

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0038-21-5722

Job locations

The Ridgeway

Holcombe Hill

London

NW7 4HX


2 Warwick Road

Barnet

Hertfordshire

EN5 5EE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Eating Disorders are extraordinarily complex illnesses that present with abnormalities in physical and psychological functioning. The physical complications have the potential to cause permanent damage and in some cases are life threatening. The causes are complex and multi-factorial, including genetic, neurodevelopmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment programme including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions.

Ellern Mede offers two treatment programmes, a Recovery Unit and a High Dependency Unit (HDU). We aim to stabilise patients physical and psychological states as rapidly as possible for transfer to step down service. The HDU admits patients whose illness requires more intense levels of clinical involvement and nursing. The service is able to admit patients requiring treatment under mental health legislation. The aims of the services are to improve the patients health and dependency needs sufficiently for transfer to a regular eating disorder unit or to the community.

Main Clinical Roles

To participate in the assessment clinic, Providing initial assessment and diagnosis of people referred to the service.

To provide family based treatment on the initial pathway including engaging in Key-working and running a parents psycho education group.

To provide evidenced based psychological treatments to young people with eating disorders Both Individual and group. To undertake high quality direct (assessment & therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

Provide specialist psychological assessment of children with moderate to severe eating disorders, often complex in presentation undertake the assessment utilising information from a broad range of structured psychometric and semi structured clinical methods.

To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of clients mental health problems based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence based best practise taking into account the current nice guidelines , and recommend specialist treatment protocols for eating disorders.

To undertake a range of psychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family /systemic and group) adapted and tailored to the need of the individual and the context, and to undertake on going evaluation of the outcome of the interventions.

Responsible for providing a specialist psychological perspective in the multidisciplinary assessment of service users and their families of carers.

To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant clients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi disciplinary team.

To have knowledge and understanding of the principles of the CPA and to support and contribute to the CPA care planning process for clients on CPA.

Take responsibility for initiating, planning and reviewing care plans and, if appropriate in agreement with the line manager take on the care co-ordination role for clients on CPA.

To consult with and provide specialist psychological guidance to careers and families of service users.

Training and supervision of staff in respect of management of eating disorders.

Preparation of reports and assessments. Liaison with families, commissioners, medical professionals and suppliers in respect of the provision of services.

To participate in research initiatives as appropriate.

To participate in regular psychological and eating disorder audits and become involved in Clinical Governance.

To ensure that all patients are safeguarded from potential harm and to conduct activities in a manner which is consistent with professional practice, policy and legislation

Job description

Job responsibilities

Eating Disorders are extraordinarily complex illnesses that present with abnormalities in physical and psychological functioning. The physical complications have the potential to cause permanent damage and in some cases are life threatening. The causes are complex and multi-factorial, including genetic, neurodevelopmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment programme including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions.

Ellern Mede offers two treatment programmes, a Recovery Unit and a High Dependency Unit (HDU). We aim to stabilise patients physical and psychological states as rapidly as possible for transfer to step down service. The HDU admits patients whose illness requires more intense levels of clinical involvement and nursing. The service is able to admit patients requiring treatment under mental health legislation. The aims of the services are to improve the patients health and dependency needs sufficiently for transfer to a regular eating disorder unit or to the community.

Main Clinical Roles

To participate in the assessment clinic, Providing initial assessment and diagnosis of people referred to the service.

To provide family based treatment on the initial pathway including engaging in Key-working and running a parents psycho education group.

To provide evidenced based psychological treatments to young people with eating disorders Both Individual and group. To undertake high quality direct (assessment & therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.

Provide specialist psychological assessment of children with moderate to severe eating disorders, often complex in presentation undertake the assessment utilising information from a broad range of structured psychometric and semi structured clinical methods.

To formulate and implement plans of specialist psychological treatment or management of clients mental health problems based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence based best practise taking into account the current nice guidelines , and recommend specialist treatment protocols for eating disorders.

To undertake a range of psychological therapeutic interventions, drawing on a range of psychological models and employing a range of modalities (individual, family /systemic and group) adapted and tailored to the need of the individual and the context, and to undertake on going evaluation of the outcome of the interventions.

Responsible for providing a specialist psychological perspective in the multidisciplinary assessment of service users and their families of carers.

To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant clients and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to the multi disciplinary team.

To have knowledge and understanding of the principles of the CPA and to support and contribute to the CPA care planning process for clients on CPA.

Take responsibility for initiating, planning and reviewing care plans and, if appropriate in agreement with the line manager take on the care co-ordination role for clients on CPA.

To consult with and provide specialist psychological guidance to careers and families of service users.

Training and supervision of staff in respect of management of eating disorders.

Preparation of reports and assessments. Liaison with families, commissioners, medical professionals and suppliers in respect of the provision of services.

To participate in research initiatives as appropriate.

To participate in regular psychological and eating disorder audits and become involved in Clinical Governance.

To ensure that all patients are safeguarded from potential harm and to conduct activities in a manner which is consistent with professional practice, policy and legislation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good Honours degree in psychology
  • A recognised postgraduate doctorate in clinical/ Counselling psychology or equivalent
  • Full registration with the HPC (Health Professions Council ) and Current Practising Certificate
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.

Desirable

  • Evidence of CPD Log

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3 years fulltime postgraduate clinical /counselling trainee and Minimum of one year as graduate assistant (or equivalent). Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflects the full range of clinical severity.

Desirable

  • Specific specialisation in course of training Active involvement in audit Proven leadership record

Knowledge

Essential

  • Up to date knowledge of issues in eating disorders Knowledge of evidence based practice.
  • Working knowledge of legislation & its implications for both clinical practice & professional management in relation to the client group & mental health.
  • Working knowledge of all the traditional models of psychotherapy & the evidence for their use & detailed knowledge of 2 or more of them

Desirable

  • Demonstrates breadth of experience and awareness in and outside of Eating Disorders / psychiatry and medicine
  • Demonstrates use of evidence based practice
  • Management/financial awareness
  • Understanding of research methodology and intention to pursue research in eating Disorders Knowledge of the principles & practise of CPA

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent team and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English
  • Competent to work without direct supervision
  • Ability to travel to assessments Diagnostic Interviewing.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with major eating disorders in different care settings.
  • Experience of delivery family based treatment.

Additional / Personal

Essential

  • High levels of self motivation
  • Commitment to high quality patient centred specialist eating disorder service) provision.
  • Flexible and accommodating while keeping clear focus on overall goal. Ability to sustain self and support others.
  • Ability to work as part of MDT.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Good Honours degree in psychology
  • A recognised postgraduate doctorate in clinical/ Counselling psychology or equivalent
  • Full registration with the HPC (Health Professions Council ) and Current Practising Certificate
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.

Desirable

  • Evidence of CPD Log

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3 years fulltime postgraduate clinical /counselling trainee and Minimum of one year as graduate assistant (or equivalent). Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and with presenting problems that reflects the full range of clinical severity.

Desirable

  • Specific specialisation in course of training Active involvement in audit Proven leadership record

Knowledge

Essential

  • Up to date knowledge of issues in eating disorders Knowledge of evidence based practice.
  • Working knowledge of legislation & its implications for both clinical practice & professional management in relation to the client group & mental health.
  • Working knowledge of all the traditional models of psychotherapy & the evidence for their use & detailed knowledge of 2 or more of them

Desirable

  • Demonstrates breadth of experience and awareness in and outside of Eating Disorders / psychiatry and medicine
  • Demonstrates use of evidence based practice
  • Management/financial awareness
  • Understanding of research methodology and intention to pursue research in eating Disorders Knowledge of the principles & practise of CPA

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent team and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English
  • Competent to work without direct supervision
  • Ability to travel to assessments Diagnostic Interviewing.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with major eating disorders in different care settings.
  • Experience of delivery family based treatment.

Additional / Personal

Essential

  • High levels of self motivation
  • Commitment to high quality patient centred specialist eating disorder service) provision.
  • Flexible and accommodating while keeping clear focus on overall goal. Ability to sustain self and support others.
  • Ability to work as part of MDT.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

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Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Ellern Mede Group

Address

The Ridgeway

Holcombe Hill

London

NW7 4HX


Employer's website

https://www.ellernmede.org (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Ellern Mede Group

Address

The Ridgeway

Holcombe Hill

London

NW7 4HX


Employer's website

https://www.ellernmede.org (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Mohammed Attari

mohammed.attari@ellernmede.org

02032097900

Date posted

07 January 2021

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

E0038-21-5722

Job locations

The Ridgeway

Holcombe Hill

London

NW7 4HX


2 Warwick Road

Barnet

Hertfordshire

EN5 5EE


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