Job summary
We are excited to advertise this new Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Role. This is a new and unique joint role, based in our Oxford City AMHT with a trustwide outreach role delivering Virtual Reality (VR) based approaches across the trust to people who experience psychosis. You will also be a member of the Oxford Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis (O-CAP) research team led by Professor Daniel Freeman.
Main duties of the job
This postholder will deliver and oversee psychological interventions for people who experience psychosis across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire as part of a pilot implementation programme of virtual reality approaches.
The postholder will be line managed as part of Oxford City AMHT with specialist supervision from clinical academic colleagues in the Oxford Cognitive Approaches to Psychosis (O-CAP) research team, and will be a member of both the AMHT and O-CAP teams.
With a base as part of the Oxford City Adult Mental Health Team (AMHT), the postholder will provide a flexible service across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire including working into other Oxford Health Trust sites and patients home as agreed. There will be opportunities to evaluate this service and to participate in research activity.
About us
About us
We offer CPD and training to support career progression, have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health that includes Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy (OCTC) and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training, which is hosted by the Trust.
We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Department of Experimental Psychology.
We also collaborate with Oxford Brookes University and Buckinghamshire New University.
We provide excellent accredited supervision by senior therapists to help you consolidate your therapy skills in a focused and supported way.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will provide a qualified clinical psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other including non-professional carers. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
PLEASE NOTE:
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will provide a qualified clinical psychology service to clients of the service team, across all sectors of care; providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other including non-professional carers. They will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
PLEASE NOTE:
- New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
- Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDoctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, as accredited by the British Psychological Society, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- oHCPC registration
Desirable
- oPre-qualificationtraining andqualificationsor experienceinresearch methodology, staff training and/orotherfieldsof applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and in patient settings.
- oExperience of working clinically with people who experience psychosis
Desirable
- oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oAn interest in and positive approach towards working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
Desirable
- oAn awareness of own strengths and limitations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDoctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, as accredited by the British Psychological Society, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- oHCPC registration
Desirable
- oPre-qualificationtraining andqualificationsor experienceinresearch methodology, staff training and/orotherfieldsof applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and in patient settings.
- oExperience of working clinically with people who experience psychosis
Desirable
- oExperience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Personal Qualities
Essential
- oAn interest in and positive approach towards working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
Desirable
- oAn awareness of own strengths and limitations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
