Job Description

Qualified Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy.



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.



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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)

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