Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 327-25-200
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucester/Cheltenham
- Town
- Gloucester/Cheltenham
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Clinical Psychologist (Eating Disorders)
Band 8b
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
Are you an experienced & creative Clinical Psychologist, passionate about service innovation & development? We are seeking an enthusiastic & compassionate Clinical Psychologist interested in Eating Disorders to join a new multidisciplinary team of professionals (Consultant Psychiatrist, Highly Specialist Clinicians, Dietician) providing support for children/young people (CYP) and adults living with severe and/or complex Eating Disorders in Gloucestershire.
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to drive innovation throughout the Eating Disorders Service.
You will demonstrate strong leadership skills, have extensive experience of multiagency working & a proven track record of delivering high quality psychological interventions. Be committed to developing a culture of trauma informed & compassionate thinking, provide leadership & supervision to a dynamic team. You will have experience of working within a physical health/paediatric context & be able to confidently manage the demands that flow through a developing clinical service.
You will take a lead role in ensuring this forward thinking service is psychologically informed, demonstrating competence in consultation, training, supervision & committed to promoting psychological thinking with the team.
Main duties of the job
· To be responsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of clients in the Eating Disorders team within the Trust.
· To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the team, across all sectors of care.
· To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
· To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise delegated responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.
· To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
· To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people’s skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post Graduate doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology or other relevant Applied Psychology as accredited by the B.P.S and conferring eligibility for HPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a CAMHS setting.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant child focused therapeutic training.
Length and/or Nature of Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate broad range of post qualification experience working at an expert level in an autonomous capacity, with extensive experience of providing clinically expert, high quality, safe and effective assessment, formulation and interventions for children and young people.
- Receipt of at least 50 hours clinical supervision while working at a highly specialist level in a directly relevant area and in an increasingly autonomous capacity
- Demonstrate extensive experience and clinical expertise in delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or paediatrics.
Desirable criteria
- •Experience of working in a health psychology context •Experience of working with children and young people with health conditions •Experience of working with children and young people with excess weight •Postgraduate qualification in Health Psychology •Experience of facilitating group work with young people
Professional /Managerial/ Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Expert knowledge of lifespan developmental child and adolescent psychology (including psychometrics) including current evidence-based practice.
- The knowledge may have been developed in a variety of ways. Appropriate evidence could include relevant research, publications or outcomes of previous work in the specialism.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise and expert clinical formulation and reasoning regarding a range of evidenced-based professional interventions, including current best practice related to a CAMHS/ Paediatrics setting, including the therapeutic use and application of CAMHS specific interventions, i.e. CBT, DBT, family therapy
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting the recruitment, selection and development of new staff.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- james lewis-watkins
- Job title
- Eating Disorders Ops Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07967833484
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