Psychotherapist​/Cognitive Analytic Therapist

Psychotherapist / Cognitive Analytic Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Psychotherapist to work in Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be working across both Eating Disorder Service or the FREED pathway.

The Eating Disorder/FREED service is an outpatient psychotherapy service based at Rathbone Hospital (with a satellite clinic in Southport).

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to provide both group and individual psychological interventions and to work alongside colleagues using a range of psychological models.

Client presentations include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. We also see people with an Atypical Eating Disorder presentation. The service also offers psychological support and training for the relatives of people withinour service.

FREEDThe First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders (FREED) is a servicemodel for 16-25-year-olds, accessing support within 3 years of their onset of theireating disorder. The service is integrated within the secondary care Eating Disorder Service.

FREED operates as 'a service within a service'. The role will include linking with Primary and Secondary Care Services, Student health, YPAS, schools and other third sector organisations offering support, training, plus delivering a range of high- and low-level evidence-based psychological interventions.

In addition, the service also provides psychological therapy for the local Weight Management Service. You will be responsible for a clinical caseload, in addition to conducting assessments and will receive regular clinical and management supervision.

If you are interested in applying for this post, you must be a qualified Cognitive Analytic Therapist (CAT) and have Accreditation with a governing body i.e., ACAT. Previous experience of working therapeutically with complex cases is essential and experience/qualification using additional therapeutic models is desirable.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholders professional and service manager(s)

To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychological practice across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies and related disciplines.

To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self governance in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.

To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in…