Job summary
Do you want to be part of a highly supportive, multi-disciplinary team, who are forwarding thinking and fully support staff development?

The Wiltshire Community Eating Disorder Service (WCEDS) is looking for a part time Family Therapist who is passionate about making a difference to adults who are suffering with an eating disorder.

You will be part of a team of dedicated and experienced multi-disciplinary professionals working with adults with eating disorders.

With a reputation for excellence, our service provides a stepped model of care tailored to the individual's needs for stabilisation and recovery. We offer a range of programmes and evidence-based treatments to assist with this. We are a friendly, energetic and dynamic team who are proactive and visionary, focusing on excellent patient-centred care.

Within this post, you will provide specialist eating disorder assessment and treatment for adults with eating disorders, in a community setting across Wiltshire and Swindon.

We are working towards a culture where services from across the whole system work together to deliver positive and seamless experiences of care for adults with an eating disorder.

You will require a professional qualification with current UK registration.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist systemic assessment and formulation for inpatients with complex eating disorders and co-occurring mental health difficulties.
• Deliver evidence-based family and systemic psychotherapy interventions to patients, families, carers, couples and wider support networks.
• Offer group supervision sessions to the MDT
• Manage a complex caseload with autonomous clinical decision-making
• Support staff in developing their systemic thinking and practice through teaching, consultation, and supervision.
• Offer highly specialist systemic consultation to MDT colleagues regarding systemic aspects of care, risk, engagement, and recovery

About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Qualifications
Essential

• Masters Level qualification systemic psychotherapy
• Registration as a systemic psychotherapist with UKCP or equivalent body
• Firs Professional qualification in a relevant discipline

Desirable

• UKCP Registered Supervisor

Experience
Essential

• Significant post-qualification experience as a Systemic Psychotherapist and family therapy process relevant to client group
• Experience of assessment / intervention with adults and families in a mental health or equivalent setting

Desirable

• Experience within specialists eating disorder services
• Experience of Service Development, audit, research or quality improvement initiatives

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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