Job summary
- Main area
- Systemic Psychotherapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 354-CS-21423-C
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Spring Tide - Aldrington House
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Systemic Psychotherapist - Spring Tide Eating Disorder Day Service
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Systemic Psychotherapist to join our Eating Disorder Day Service based at Aldrington House in Hove. Spring Tide offers an intensive treatment programme for young people aged 10-18 with an eating disorder and their families, and supports recovery through evidenced based interventions; the programme is based on the Intensive Treatment Programme from the Maudsley and incorporates intensive family work based on the Maudsley Model of Family Therapy for Eating Disorders. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality evidenced based treatment in accordance with NICE Guidelines and National Access and Waiting Times Standards.
You will be joining a service of highly skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team of professionals. Our team is responsible for covering all of Sussex.
You will work as a member of the clinical service/team, providing a high quality, specialist systemic psychotherapy service to clients, their families or carers. In addition, to support systemic thinking and practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.
You will participate in systemic clinical governance and to offer clinical supervision to assistant, trainee and other staff members, to develop the family work within the team. To utilise research skills for audit, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
We support flexible working where possible.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist systemic psychotherapy service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.
- To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
- To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
- To clinically supervise Psychological Professionals including trainee practitioner psychologists and junior psychologists, psychological therapists, psychotherapists or counsellors and other staff as appropriate.
- To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage psychological professionals.
- To complete assessments of those referred to the service and outcome this in a timely manner in line with code of Conduct
- To provide consultation, mentorship, supervision and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users, across a range of agencies/ settings as appropriate.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
Working for our organisation
At SPFT we provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Working in Sussex:
- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
REQUIREMENTS
- Recognised accredited post graduate level training in a psychological therapy relevant to Children and Young People.
- Professionally registered to work with Children and Young People.
- A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficulties appropriate for Children and Young People.
- Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of supervising staff.
- Wide knowledge of local and national policies.
MAIN DUTIES
- To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist psychology service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways.
- To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy.
- To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact Shelley Oakeshott, Clinical Service Manager [email protected] telephone number 0300 304 2039
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised accredited post graduate level training in psychological therapy
- Professionally registered with appropriate board
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post-qualification/accreditation experience of specialist psychological therapy
- A high level of competence in applying a psychological therapy to complex difficultlies
- Significant experience of working with young people with an eating disorder
- Evidence of continuing professional development as required by the professional registration/accrediting body
Desirable criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological therapy assessment and treatment of young people
Skills
Essential criteria
- Well developed skills to communicate effectively, orally and in writing
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment formulation and management
- Ability to plan and manage a complex work load with competing demands
- IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Shelley Oakeshott
- Job title
- Clinical Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 2039
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