Lead Clinical Psychologist (Eating Disorders)inGloucester/CheltenhaminGloucester/CheltenhamPUBLISHED TUE 11 MAR 2025

Are you an experienced & creative Clinical Psychologist, passionate about service innovation & development? We are seeking an enthusiastic & compassionate Clinical Psychologist interested in Eating Disorders to join a new multidisciplinary team of professionals (Consultant Psychiatrist, Highly Specialist Clinicians, Dietician) providing support for children/young people (CYP) and adults living with severe and/or complex Eating Disorders in Gloucestershire.

This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to drive innovation throughout the Eating Disorders Service.

You will demonstrate strong leadership skills, have extensive experience of multiagency working & a proven track record of delivering high quality psychological interventions. Be committed to developing a culture of trauma informed & compassionate thinking, provide leadership & supervision to a dynamic team. You will have experience of working within a physical health/paediatric context & be able to confidently manage the demands that flow through a developing clinical service.

You will take a lead role in ensuring this forward thinking service is psychologically informed, demonstrating competence in consultation, training, supervision & committed to promoting psychological thinking with the team.

To be responsible for promoting the psychological health and well-being of clients in the Eating Disorders team within the Trust.

To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients of the team, across all sectors of care.

To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.

To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise delegated responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team.

To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.

To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team.

About us

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

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

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.