Job summary
We have exciting opportunities immediately available for two full time Band 4 Assistant Psychologists who are looking to develop their clinical skills in the community. The service currently operates flexibly between Monday - Friday (8am-6pm). You will be joining a busy, happy, high performing and well-regarded community based Surrey-wide child and adolescent eating disorders service based in Epsom, comprising of an experienced and clinically diverse MDT. You will be working alongside other Assistant Psychologists, Band 7 CBT therapists, band 7 and 8a Clinical Psychologist and the MDT to help deliver the core purpose of the service in line with the NHSE Access and Waiting Times NHS England Guidelines. You will need to be very organised overseeing the collation and presentation of data, supporting the production of regular service reports, and initial assessment and other clinical reports. Access to the use of a car would be helpful but not essential.

Main duties of the job
To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, produce reports for CCG and NHSE on the Access and Waiting Times data, collection of statistics and development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work. You will support the existing system for collecting and analyzing outcome data in addition to developing a database to measure the outcomes of a new arm of our treatment pathway. You will be supporting assessments, groups and providing meal supports; and you may deliver Family Based Treatment or CBT interventions (training will be provided to the right candidate. Access to the use of a car would be helpful but not essential). You will be required to carry out direct clinical work with young people with eating disorders. Further opportunities to support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the service, across all sectors of care; providing assistance for group work, psychological assessment and psychological interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified psychologist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire. We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers. Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby. Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role. We look forward to receiving your application!

Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology and entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Experience

• Essential: Demonstrable direct clinical experience working in the field of mental health with children and families e.g. working with YP with anxiety, depression, or other mental illness to deliver low intensity individual, family, or group interventions under supervision.
• clinical experience of working with people with eating disorders, facilitating family-based interventions for eating disorders and providing meal supports

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.