An exciting opportunity has arisen for Assistant Psychologists to work for the North Mersey Eating Disorder Service within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
We have two posts available, 1 permanent and 1 fixed term (until 31 March 2027).
Applicants must have a degree in psychology (or psychology as a main subject), previous experience of working therapeutically is desirable.
Our service has been undergoing transformation and expansion, and this is an exciting time to join our supportive and friendly team. The service offers group and 1:1 interventions utilising a range of evidence-based models including CBT, CAT, CFT, SSCM and MANTRA. Client presentations include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, and Atypical Eating Disorder presentations.
We work closely with other services and professionals including primary care, GPs, inpatient services (Specialist Eating Disorder Units and medical wards) and other secondary care mental health teams. We are passionate about our developing service user co-production group. Additionally, the service also provides psychological therapy for the local Weight Management Service.
We are looking for an Assistant Psychologist who is passionate about working with people with eating disorders who has the relevant skills, values and experiences to support the service with delivering high quality interventions for individuals with eating disorders.
The role of the Assistant Psychologist is to support and enhance the professional psychological care of clients within the Eating Disorder Service by delivering effective and evidence-based psychological therapies.
Under supervision and with access to relevant CPD opportunities the Assistant Psychologists will undertake direct work with clients individually and in group settings. The Assistant Psychologists will work closely with qualified Clinical Psychology colleagues on research and audit projects as required and will be expected to be active members of the MDT.
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.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and requirements of the role.
