Cognitive Behavioural Therapist – Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Leave cover) – The Meadows Day Hospital, The Meadows, Horton Ln, Epsom

Job overview

We are excited to advertise for a full time Band 7 CBT therapist for a one year Maternity cover post.  You will be joining a dynamic, busy and successful service and multi-disciplinary team within Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders. 

As a Band 7 CBT therapist you will be joining our Psychology team already comprising of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, 2 x Clinical Psychologist, 3 x CBT specialists, a psychotherapist and an Art Psychotherapist and Assistant Psychologists. There is also a wide MDT comprising of nurses, dieticians, family therapists, consultant psychiatrists a paediatrician who will offer active support and encouragement. 

You will be joining a developing and thriving community based Surrey-wide child and adolescent eating disorders service at a very exciting time as we move forward with a Thrive model across CYPS Community pathways and in line with the NHS England Access and Waiting Times Guidelines and New Care Models. You should have knowledge, interest and skills in the clinical delivery of CBT and/or Family Based Interventions in both group and individual forms and be happy to travel at times. 

A strong interest in working with Eating Disorders is essential and previous experience of working with young people with eating disorders is desirable. Applicants requesting a split post will be considered, though the full-time role is preferable. 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the continuation of the psychology provision for Children & Young People who meet the criteria for the Surrey Eating Disorder Service for Children and Young People and those who have other co-morbidities. You will provide initial assessments of people referred to the service and deliver the initial treatment pathway as well as providing specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions in line with evidence based treatment protocols. Clinical interventions will be provided to outpatients at individual and group level.

The post holder will be contributing to multi-disciplinary reviews of outpatients and be actively involved in the development and implementation of agreed care plans. They will participate in service-related activity including research, service evaluation and audit activities in addition to the supervision of other grades of staff as required. You will have the opportunity to lead on projects in line with service needs and to fully develop your clinical skills. Excellent and robust supervision is in place (managerial and clinical) and the team also receives monthly staff support from an external facilitator.

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.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

Home Working Contract Only – Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer. 

We look forward to receiving your application!

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.