Systemic Family Psychotherapist

This can be a part-time or full-time position minimum of 3 days per week with the possibility of Home / Hybrid working, the site can be flexible on when the hours are worked across the week. An exciting opportunity to provide a systemic family therapy service to the patients receiving inpatient care on our Specialist Eating Disorder Unit and outpatient treatment within our Private therapy service.

Main duties of the job:

Priory Hospital Bristol is an elegant 18th century country residence set in beautiful parkland close to the centre of Bristol, less than 5 minutes away from the M32 leading directly onto the M4/M5 motorway. It has 77 beds over seven wards varying from Eating Disorders, Acute Mental Health, Adult Psychiatric Intensive Care, Acquired Brain Injury, Huntingtons and Dementia, along with a growing outpatient therapy service.

About us:

Priory is the UK’s leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 13,000 colleagues and a network of 280 services, we support over 26,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and children’s mental health and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, Prader-Willi Syndrome, brain injuries and older people. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process.

Job responsibilities:

Priory Hospital Bristol is looking to recruit a Systemic Family Psychotherapist to the Eating Disorder inpatient service and general psychiatry outpatient service onsite. Experience working in Eating Disorders is NOT required.

Requirements:

• Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist, registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy, and educated to MSc level in Family Therapies.
• Experience in both one-to-one and family or group work, and a background in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings.
• Experience working with eating disorders would be a real advantage, as would formal training in supervising a psychotherapeutic modality.
• Additional training in a recognised evidence-based psychological therapy and leadership development would also be desirable.

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.