Eating Disorder Psychotherapist

**Main duties and responsibilities**:

- Work in conjunction with the MDT at Orri Hallam and Wimpole Street to provide a

serviceforupto40-daypatientsandupto60outpatients. These numbers could

change as Orri develops.
- Work across the on-line and in person day care settings providing client

assessment, client sessions, running groups, attending clinical meetings and

providing client follow up.
- Contribute to risk assessment and risk management undertaken by the Multidisciplinary Team using MEED risk management procedures.
- Devise and deliver set group therapy sessions to groups of up to 8 client’s and

maintain an individual case load of clients seen 1 x per week
- The post holder will be expected to practice within a legal & ethical framework as

defined by:

- National mental health related legislation - Mental health Act & Mental

capacity Act
- Orri policy, guidelines and protocols
- The Nice Guidelines
- BACP/UKCP/NCS/HACP and/or other relevant registration bodies
- **Managerial **_
- The management of your own workload. Identifying and responding to the

therapeutic needs of service users under your care
- Providing case management to a case load of identified clients supporting with

treatment planning, MDT representation and liaison with relevant GP/external

team
- Provide written reports for the clients as required
- Clinic Consideration _
- Work with the Service Managers to ensure Orri provides a safe, effective and

caring service that is responsive to people’s needs and is well-led
- Develop and maintain effective working alliances with clients and their families
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the formulation and

implementation of plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or

management of a client’s mental health based upon an appropriate conceptual

framework of the client’s problems in the context of family and wider system, and

employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy
- Responsibility for implementing a range of psychological interventions for

individuals and groups. Have knowledge of a range of psychological models
- Communicating in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the

assessment and formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and

to monitor progress during treatment from admission to discharge
- Form professional relationships with members of the MDT and work alongside

other professionals to deliver therapeutic interventions to the young people and

families
- Support the client and their family when transitioning to other services and work

alongside other professionals within and outside of the service
- Attend regular clinical professional supervision at Orri and, if identified seek

additional training and or support for development
- Act as a resource for referrers advising on criteria for referral to the service
- Develop and deliver training - in house/external as required. This training may be

for students, other disciplines, other professionals, trained and untrained staff
- Act as a role model, modelling professional and leadership behaviours as an

integral part of practice development
- **Professional **_
- Psychotherapists: Comply with the BACP, UKCP, AFT, BPA or other relevant

Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct standards, or Health Professions

Council Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics
- Be flexible and adaptable, well organised and able to manage time and

workload effectively in line with the needs of the service
- Have a desire to expand professional development and support organisational

change
- Participate in the team Personal Development Review processes as both

appraiser and appraisee.
- Have a legal right to work in the UK
- **Equipment & Systems**_

The post holder will be competent in:

- Mobile phone and landline phones
- Paper base and electronic documentation audit systems
- Systems for the collection, recording and audit of service users/carers views
- Electronic medical records system
- The post holder will have sound knowledge and skills in the use of a wide range of

systems including
- Risk assessment tools and clinical/assessment rating scales
- Appraisal and personal development planning
- Fire and emergency procedures
- Infection control systems
- Health and safety policy
- information technology systems

**Desired skills and expertise**:

- Psychotherapists: Comply with the BACP or UKCP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Have completed an accredited psychotherapy or counselling training to MSC or equivalent level.
- Ideally a minimum of 5 years post qualification with experience of delivering individual and group therapies.
- Previous post registration experience of working with clients who have had an eating disorder.
- Maintaining a professional portfolio for CPD recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities.
- Reviews and reflect on own practice and performance through ef