This is a senior clinical post in the NELFT London Community Eating Disorder Service, which treats adults with eating disorders. The clinical lead will set evidence-based standards, provide quality control and supervision, and help shape the service and its pathways. The role involves close working with psychiatry, nursing, primary care and external commissioning partners. Applicants need full psychology registration and extensive experience of eating disorder services, including clinical supervision.
What the job involves
- Provide clinical leadership and quality control to ensure adherence to the evidence-based model
- Support ongoing therapist development
- Share accountability for developing and delivering the community eating disorder service and its clinical standards
- Lead on shaping service and team development, identifying opportunities and developing clinical pathways
- Maintain relationships with external stakeholders, including primary care, the North London Adult Provider Collaborative, the ICB and statutory and voluntary agencies
- Set, implement and evaluate measurable objectives with the Assistant Director, Team Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist and pathway leads
- Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to keep services running smoothly and efficiently
- Provide leadership and oversight with senior colleagues and deliver initiatives that raise standards of care
- Coordinate the implementation of service developments and changes, minimising disruption to service delivery
- Manage staff personal development plans and training needs
- Promote integrated health professional working
- Manage own workload across multiple sites, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines, and follow Trust protocols and procedures
What’s required
Qualifications
- Postgraduate qualification in psychology
- First-level degree or standard equivalent
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent in literacy and numeracy
Registration & licences
- Full registration as a psychologist with the appropriate regulator, HCPC for clinical or counselling psychology
Experience
- Substantial experience of treating eating disorders
- Previous experience in a specialist eating disorder service, with adults or with children and young people
- Extensive experience of clinical supervision in eating disorder services
- Awareness of safeguarding procedures
Skills & knowledge
- Expert knowledge of evidence-based treatments for adults with eating disorders
- Advanced skills in expert supervision and risk assessment
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Understanding of national legislation and guidance relating to children's services
- Computer literacy
Nice to have
- Complex project management experience
- Experience of managing major change in service provision
- Awareness of adult mental health commissioning and partnership working
What’s offered
- High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,870 and a maximum of £6,137 a year, pro rata for part-time
- Investment in training and development
- Staff health and wellbeing activities
- Staff networks and award-winning equality and diversity initiatives
- Structured induction of up to two weeks
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
