Job overview

Looking for flexible work in the NHS?

The Flexi‑Bank is a collaborative staff bank hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, offering greater choice, flexibility and access to a wider range of opportunities across both organisations.

Why join the Flexi‑Bank?

• Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability
• Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health, community and acute care settings
• Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
• Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team
• Be part of something bigger – join a growing collaborative of NHS Trusts across Surrey

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust consultation, education and liaison to adults with moderate to severe eating disorders, members of the multidisciplinary team and associated services. The post holder will be a member of the multi-disciplinary adult eating disorders team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning and treatment of adults with eating disorders across both our outpatient and daycare settings.

Main duties of the job

Surry and Borders Partnership Trust is looking for someone who makes better lives: by promoting health and independence for people who use our services and their carers/support staff by delivering high quality psychology assessments, formulation and interventions; providing consultation, supervision and guidance to band 7, trainee, assistant psychologists, DBT Therapists and others as required.

Job Overview: To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the psychological needs of people using our services.

·         To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students

·         Promoting a psychological perspective both within teams and sharing with other colleagues

·         Work collaboratively with team managers/ Clinical leads in the development and delivering of effective services

·         The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within the service

·         To lead on complex and challenging cases and develop expertise within area of specialism

·         Participating in the recruitment and selection of staff

·         Leading on a specific service development projects

·         To work across boundaries of both community and inpatient services.

Locations: Two Bridges, Guildford St, Chertsey KT16 9AU

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 9AM to 5PM

Working for our organisation

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.

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.