About the role
Salary: £49387.00 to £56515.00
It's an exciting time working in diabetes care for you as we look to support our patients embedding their use of new treatment technologies. We're currently seeking to recruit a qualified and accredited Psychotherapist to workin the nationally-renowned, community diabetes service, Diabetes Care For You. We're a consultant-led, multidisciplinary team comprising nursing, dietetics, podiatry and psychotherapy, working with 18+ adults living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. We cover the Brighton & Hove, High Weald Lewes and Havens locations across East Sussex.This is an great opportunity for an enthusiastic therapist with a passion for parity of esteem to work with patients with mild-moderate anxiety and/or depression, alongside a thriving MDT.
The psychotherapy team work with individuals with type 1 or 2 diabetes to improve their psychological wellbeing and diabetes health outcomes. In this respect, a key aspect of the role is to provide regular telephone triage of referred patients and to manage your own caseload delivering low to medium intensity interventions using telephone and face to face appointments. The role also includes providing psychological input on the group education courses run for patients. You will work very closely with the small psychotherapy team within the service, receive regular supervision and also establish and maintain effective working relationships with other members of the diabetes MDT. A high level of communication, organisational skills and ability to manage risk is essential.
Main tasks
a) To provide a specialist psychological therapy service to patients coping with the impact and psychological consequences of diabetes and its impact on quality of life.