Family Therapist

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., This will involve providing specialist systemic assessment & intervention for the patients and their families. Participating in assessment, care planning and facilitate psycho-educational and parent support groups.

Offer advice and consultation on the psychological care of patients and their families to colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures

The successful candidate will also attend or contribute to ward rounds, CPAs, MDT assessments, team formulations and care planning.

Offer systemic family therapy to carers and patients using a range of systemic interventions.

Offer systemic consultations across the MDT and contribute to thinking about patients and their families from a systemic psychotherapy perspective.

Run reflective groups to develop systemic thinking across staff groups.

To work closely with relevant other professionals as appropriate.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management of patients.

The post holder will also offer Outpatient appointments working within our Day Care Therapy Service.

The Priory purpose is to make a real and lasting difference for everyone we support through supporting our service users to 'Live Your Life'. Our values are, The Care Quality Commission rates our services as "good". 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.

Bristol is part of the Healthcare Division of Priory Group it has 77 beds over seven wards varying from Eating Disorders, Acute Mental Health, Adult Psychiatric Intensive Care, Acquired Brain Injury, Huntingtons and Dementia, along with a growing outpatient therapy service.