Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist - Eating Disorders Service
Requirements
Experience working with children and young people with eating disorders is beneficial. The candidate must demonstrate a positive attitude aligned with the Trust Values and have an interest in working with young people with eating disorders and/or ARFID.
Job Description
This post holder will work across two sites: Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Blossom House, Alder Park, Waterloo
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The main base for this post will be at Alder Hey, but appointments from community bases across Liverpool and Sefton will be required. Experience working with children and young people with an eating disorder will be beneficial. In addition to undertaking assessments and providing intervention and support to children, young people and their families, the post holder will also undertake physical monitoring under the guidance of our Consultant Paediatricians.
The post holders must be able to demonstrate a positive attitude which encompasses our Trust Values of
Compassion – We see you and act.
Courage – We speak up and step forward.
Commitment – We keep our promises.
Community – We lift each other up.
If you are enthusiastic and confident with a friendly and outgoing manner, and a focus on providing the best possible service to patients we would like to hear from you.
About the team: The Eating Disorder Team (EDYs) provide support and treatment for children and young people in Liverpool and Sefton with an eating disorder and/or ARFID, as well as their parents/carers and professionals involved in their care.
This is a multidisciplinary team including Consultant Psychiatrist and Consultant Paediatricians, Clinical Psychology, Family Therapy, CBT and SFP trained staff, Nursing, Support Worker, Assistant Practitioner and Assistant Psychology. The team is based on site at Alder Hey, but offer appointments throughout the community footprint.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Megan Richards Job title: Operational Service Manager Email address: Megan.Richards@alderhey.nhs.uk
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About Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, treating more than 450,000 children and young people every year. It is one of only four stand-alone paediatric trusts in the UK and is staffed by more than 4,000 employees. We offer 20 specialist services including being the designated national centre for head and face surgery and a Centre of Excellence for children with cancer, heart, spinal and brain disease. It is a teaching hospital and trains 550 medical and 400 nursing students each year. Alder Hey hosts the UK Medicines for Children Research Network (MCRN) with a Department of Health grant worth £22m and is also the lead centre for the Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales MCRN. It leads the field in paediatric pharmacovigilance, being recently awarded the only paediatric NHS programme grant (£2m) for work in this area. In 2015 Alder Hey became Alder Hey in the Park. The new hospital is built in Springfield Park, next door to the old site. The new Alder Hey sits right in the heart of the park, surrounded by green space which can be seen from almost every window.