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Are you an experienced Clinical Psychologist looking for a new, rewarding career working alongside a fantastically supportive team?

Would you like to work for a Trust who prioritise staff wellbeing, within a team who consistently rate their job satisfaction highly?

We are currently looking for an experienced psychologist to join our very well-established Adult Eating Disorders Service team based at St Marks in Maidenhead.

As a Psychologist in our team you will play an important role in the provision of a highly specialist psychological therapy service. You will provide specialist psychological assessments, care planning and a range of evidence-based psychological interventions to individuals and their families. You will work one to one with our patients but also provide group-focused psychological interventions to support the recovery of people with Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and co-existing conditions and mental health difficulties.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team and with professionals across agencies this role will provide you with a lot of variety in your day-to-day work. You will primarily be based at either St Marks Hospital in Maidenhead or in our NHS site at the University of Reading campus. 

As a service we are very committed to the development of our staff and offer both internal and external training opportunities.

The role is Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm and we are open to both full and part time applicants.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of BEDS Adult team, providing specialist assessments, develop comprehensive formulations and therapeutic intervention to clients referred to the service in line with most recent evidence and service models
• Participate in and provide regular supervision
• Contribute to the development and delivery of psychological interventions in the service, consisting of both group and individual treatments
• Use a broad theoretical knowledge base and specialist clinical skills to develop and support the psychological skills of less experienced staff members (assistant psychologists and members of other staff groups) via the development and delivery of teaching, training, supervision, support and consultation
• Liaise and work closely with community, inpatient, crisis teams and other internal and external teams/services, providing consultation and joint working as required to best meet the needs of the client group, support recovery and manage risk
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Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. Hear what our people say about working for our CAMHS service: https://bit.ly/CAMHS]

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

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