Principal Systemic Psychotherapist

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Systemic Psychotherapist to join the leadership team at Vincent Square Eating Disorder Service, and work alongside Psychiatry, Nursing, Psychology, OT, and Lived Experience Practitioner colleagues to deliver service excellence.
The postholder will be the lead Systemic Psychotherapist for our all-age eating disorder service and will provide strategic leadership and vision for the development of systemic interventions within the service. In addition to direct clinical work you will supervise and develop our team of systemic psychotherapists, contribute to the teaching and training of others, and help promote systemic thinking within our organisation.
The ideal candidate has all-age skills as applicable to eating disorder treatment, including a knowledge of Family-Based Treatment for young people with eating disorders. Vincent Square is committed to the wellbeing, learning and development of all staff members and you will have access to CPD opportunities through the service and through connection with the of the Family Therapy professional group within the Trust.
Interested candidates are welcome to visit us, or can call Rachel Clancy (Head of Service) or Laura Fialko (Psychology Lead) for additional information.

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• To work with the Eating Disorder Leads on behalf of the discipline as the Lead Family & Systemic Psychotherapist in the all age Eating Disorder Service
• To provide highly specialist systemic psychotherapy with clinical autonomy and to work in ways which are sensitive to the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds, and to support others to do the same.
• To ensure that effective systems are in place for the supervision, teaching, consultation, support and clinical governance of systemic family therapy work within the service
• To work jointly and collaboratively with other team members in order to enhance and develop work with families by providing highly specialist systemic knowledge and skills.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London’s population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. You can become a member by visiting our website.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them and new actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.
We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBTQ+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
CNWL is recognized locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
Please see the attached job description and person specification documents which outline the roles, responsibilities, skills, knowledge and experience required for the post

Please refer the Job description for details