Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the CAMHS Eating Disorder Team, with vacancies for two Assistant Psychologists to join our expanding team.

You will be part of a diverse MDT that offers assessment and treatment to young people and their families, up to the age of 18 years, with a diagnosis of Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and ARFID.

You will have opportunities to work alongside psychiatrists, family therapists, nurses, OTs, and other disciplines. You will be supported and supervised by a clinical psychologist and work alongside our clinical associate psychologist. An interest in working in eating disorders is imperative, however prior experience is not essential.

You will be supported through a comprehensive induction programme, in-house CPD and specialist supervision.

You will have opportunities to contribute towards our assessment clinics, support neurodevelopmental assessment work, hold a small individual case load and co-facilitate group work/ workshops. We are proud of the support and opportunities available in our team, for staff to progress their CPD interests and career aspirations.

We are research active and will also support research interests as part of your development. We welcome and encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Please get in touch or visit our team to find out more.

Main duties of the job

- To be part of our diverse MDT and jointly work with other team members in offering specialist assessment and treatment to young people with a diagnosis of an eating disorder.

-To contribute to the neurodevelopmental assessment pathways, such as support ADOS assessments, ADHD assessments and the collation of developmental histories with parents/ carers.

- To offer 1:1 therapeutic work, such as CBT/ DBT informed interventions.

- To support the development of and delivery of psychological group work, e.g. DBT skills groups and ARFID workshops.

-To support audit and evaluation work, contributing towards the evaluation of our service and service development.

-To engage with project work, such as development of our quarterly newsletter, contribution to our website and the development of digital offers.

- To support and work alongside a qualified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Associate Psychologist

- To be part of multi-disciplinary team meeting, e.g. clinical case discussions and service development plans

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.