• Job Description

  Req#: C9333-23-1937?language=en&page=111&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  This is a psychological therapy training role within the Outpatient Therapy Team within the Eating Disorders Service. This role is a 2-year fixed term appointment starting on the 15th January 2024, leading to a permanent Psychological Therapist post at the end of this period if the postgraduate diploma programme is completed successfully.

  The postgraduate diploma and certificate programmes offered provide practitioners with the skills necessary to deliver high-quality CBT interventions to individuals experiencing severe mental health problems. These programmes are Level 2 accredited with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) which means that graduates receive a recognised high-quality qualification allowing them to practice and deliver CBT.

  The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

  Main duties of the job

  To do 4 days of clinical work within our team and attend 1 day at university (University College London).

  Assess clients for suitability for CBT. Where the problems appear to be too complex or severe to be appropriate for a trainee therapist, to refer to manager/supervisor for advice on how to manage the case.

  Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients.

  Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying CBT formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.

  To be responsible for implementing interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis.

  To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.

  Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.

  Study and clinical work relevant to the PGDip.

  About us

  The post holder will be based at the Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service base at South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Unit (1 Nightingale Place) and will provide clinical and other services in the outpatient programme, though there may be occasions when the post holder works across the in-patient and day-patient programmes. Service provision within this scope may at times involve travelling to different sites within the catchment area. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and treatment to adults with eating disorders.

  Date posted

  20 September 2023

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £42,471 to £50,364 a year per annum incl HCAS

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  2 years

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Home or remote working

  Reference number

  333-G-ED-0317

  Job locations

  Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service

  1 Nightingale Place

  London

  SW10 9NG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  4 days of clinical work and 1 day study at university

  The post-holder will work within the service providing formal psychological interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the postholder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post- holder will work in the service for -4 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the other day.The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  4 days of clinical work and 1 day study at university

  The post-holder will work within the service providing formal psychological interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the postholder to provide a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) service to clients with a range of complex problems for which CBT is demonstrated to be clinically effective. The post- holder will work in the service for -4 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the other day.The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in mental health or learning disability nursing, social work, counselling (accredited level), occupational therapy, arts therapy, medicine (psychiatry / general practice), psychological therapy (UKCP registered), Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic or health). Please see the BABCP website for more detail of accepted qualifications.

  Desirable

  • Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP
  • Experience working in a service for severe mental health problems

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
  • ? Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication
  • ? Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in Mental Health Care Services
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

  Skills & Competencies

  Essential

  • Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
  • Computer literate
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of a range of mental health difficulties and how it may present in Secondary Care
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

  Desirable

  • ? Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems

  Training

  Essential

  • ? Able to attend 70-80 days training over a 2-year course. Including a day per week, and 5-day intensive teaching blocks. This may involve significant travel and overnight stays to attend university.
  • Able to complete academic components of the course
  • Able to integrate training into practice

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • High level of enthusiasm and Motivation.
  • Advanced communication skills
  • Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
  • ? Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
  • Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision

  Desirable

  • ? Fluent in languages other than English
  • Experience of working with diverse communities within a multicultural setting

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • A recorded/registered qualification in one of the following at graduate level in mental health or learning disability nursing, social work, counselling (accredited level), occupational therapy, arts therapy, medicine (psychiatry / general practice), psychological therapy (UKCP registered), Psychology (clinical, counselling, forensic or health). Please see the BABCP website for more detail of accepted qualifications.

  Desirable

  • Evidence of meeting the Knowledge Skills and Attitude (KSA) requirements of BABCP
  • Experience working in a service for severe mental health problems

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working in mental health services
  • Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
  • ? Ability to manage own caseload and time
  • Demonstrates high standards in written communication
  • ? Able to write clear reports and letters to referrers

  Desirable

  • Experience of working in Mental Health Care Services
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes

  Skills & Competencies

  Essential

  • Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
  • Computer literate
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Demonstrates an understanding of a range of mental health difficulties and how it may present in Secondary Care
  • Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
  • Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post

  Desirable

  • ? Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other mental health problems

  Training

  Essential

  • ? Able to attend 70-80 days training over a 2-year course. Including a day per week, and 5-day intensive teaching blocks. This may involve significant travel and overnight stays to attend university.
  • Able to complete academic components of the course
  • Able to integrate training into practice

  Other Requirements

  Essential

  • High level of enthusiasm and Motivation.
  • Advanced communication skills
  • Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
  • ? Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
  • Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision

  Desirable

  • ? Fluent in languages other than English
  • Experience of working with diverse communities within a multicultural setting

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service

  1 Nightingale Place

  London

  SW10 9NG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service

  1 Nightingale Place

  London

  SW10 9NG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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