Educated to MSc level in Family Therapies
Priory Hospital Bristol is an elegant 18th century country residence set in beautiful parkland close to the centre of Bristol, less than 5 minutes away from the M32 leading directly onto the M4/M5 motorway. It has 77 beds over seven wards varying from Eating Disorders, Acute Mental Health, Adult Psychiatric Intensive Care, Acquired Brain Injury, Huntington’s and Dementia, along with a growing outpatient therapy service.
Priory Hospital Bristol is looking to recruit a Family Therapist to the Eating Disorder inpatient service and general psychiatry outpatient service onsite. This is a full-time permanent position, which is an exciting opportunity to provide a systemic family therapy service to the patients receiving inpatient care on our Specialist Eating Disorder Unit and outpatient treatment within our Private therapy service.
Job description - Please familiarise yourself with the job description attached.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
To provide specialist assessments to adults who are receiving treatment on our Eating Disorder ward and referred for therapy within our outpatient service.
To be responsible for implementing a range of systemic family therapy and psycho-educational interventions for individual patients, carers, families and groups.
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of patients whose treatment is managed by psychologically-based care plans.
The post holder will also offer Outpatient appointments working within our Day Care Therapy Service.
Teaching, training and supervision
To receive regular clinical supervision from a senior family therapist and where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues
To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the patients across the Eating Disorder service and Private Outpatient service.
Person Specification
Essential
Experienced in both 1:1 and family/group work
Experienced in working within inpatient mental health services and out-patient mental health services
Desirable
Previous experience within Eating Disorders would be desirable
Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality.
Further training in a recognised evidence-based psychological therapy.
Leadership Training
For your hard work and dedication to Priory, we will offer you a wide range of benefits:
25 days annual leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service)
Birthday Leave
Enhanced maternity pay
Contributory pension scheme
Opportunities to develop and train in a wide variety of care settings
Support and training from the beginning of your career
Flexible working
Supplemented meals
Access to Employee Assistant programme and other wellness programmes
Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest free Apple Products loan scheme)
Please note: Priory Healthcare is a smoke free environment.
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