Highly Specialist Clinician

This role is offered on a fixed term/secondment basis for 12months.

• Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialist Clinician to join the Gloucestershire Eating Disorders Service.

The Eating Disorders Service is seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Highly Specialist Eating Disorders Clinician to assist in the leadership of the community Team.

The Eating Disorders service is highly regarded and provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder and their families within Gloucestershire. There is a strong focus on specialist therapies in the service and excellent clinical leadership and supervision within the team.

• To provide specialist clinical knowledge and expertise for the eating disorders team
• To contribute toward the development and clinical practise of this highly specialist team.
• To work with the operational lead, lead psychologist, psychiatrists and service manager to employ, train, develop and support service staff.
• To provide consultation on Eating Disorders inside and outside of the organisation.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

The Eating Disorders Service provides specialist evidence-based treatments on an individual and family basis for children, adolescents and adults with an eating disorder. The team also provides consultation, supervision and joint assessment, working with the Child and Adolescent and Adult Mental Health Services across Gloucestershire. The team provides advice, consultation and training to primary care, social care, voluntary and educational staff as well as members of the public. The team promotes an awareness of eating disorders and appropriate interventions to the wider public. The Highly Specialist Clinician will be jointly responsible with the Operational Lead, Lead Psychologist and Psychiatrists for the development of the community team.

The post holder will be required to provide highly specialist assessment and intervention (individual and group), in accordance with the evidence base; to provide clinical supervision for team members; to provide consultation to colleagues in the Trust; to undertake research, and to participate in personal CPD and the provision of training to the eating disorders team and to the wider service.

The post holder will be professionally accountable for their work and will work within the ethical code of practice of the relevant professional body. He or she will be required to work within the framework of the Service's policies and procedures, and will supervise, manage and support the work of less qualified team members and trainees. This post primarily involves assessment, including assessment and monitoring of risk, formulating, planning and implementing both individual and group interventions; consultancy to and supervision of a range of staff in mental health services; teaching and training; service audit/evaluation and research including guidance and supervision on relevant projects; cas e management and care co-ordination of their own clinical caseload.