Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who wishes to make a difference to patients with long term mental health problems, providing evidence-based treatments across Oxfordshire?
If so, we are looking for you to join our service as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist. This is a key role to be part of the continuing development of psychological therapies within the integrated Adult Mental Health Teams (AMHTs) in Oxfordshire.
As a flexible employer we would welcome discussions about opportunities we can offer in posts both full and part time, and preceptorships for newly qualified Clinical or Counselling psychologists.
Main duties of the job
We would really like to hear from you If you have skills in delivering therapy to this client group and can demonstrate:
- A good working knowledge of effective treatments.
- Sound clinical risk assessment and management.
- Experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
- Supervising and consulting with therapists, trainees or other clinical staff as appropriate to the role.
About us
We offer great CPD and training opportunities and have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training, which is hosted by the Trust. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry. We also collaborate with Oxford Brookes University, Buckinghamshire New University, and the University of Bath.
We provide excellent opportunities for professional development to help you consolidate your therapy skills in a focused and supported way, monthly opportunities to meet psychological therapy colleagues from across the county for reflective practice groups and clinical updates.
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 post holder will:
- Work as part of the locality psychological therapies team within the Adult Mental Health Team, seeing patients individually and in groups, providing formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems.
- Be responsible for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
- Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning the patient's mental health difficulties.
- Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to the wider Adult Mental Health Team to help develop their patient's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- Receive professional clinical supervision for yourself from other appropriately trained senior psychological therapy staff.
- Contribute to the development and evaluation of the team's operational practices to ensure high quality, responsive and accessible services are available.
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 post holder will:
- Work as part of the locality psychological therapies team within the Adult Mental Health Team, seeing patients individually and in groups, providing formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems.
- Be responsible for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
- Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning the patient's mental health difficulties.
- Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to the wider Adult Mental Health Team to help develop their patient's formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- Receive professional clinical supervision for yourself from other appropriately trained senior psychological therapy staff.
- Contribute to the development and evaluation of the team's operational practices to ensure high quality, responsive and accessible services are available.
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
- Doctoral level training in clinical /counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualification or experience in research methodology, staff training and /or other fields of applied psychology.
- Eligible for BABCP accreditation
knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with severe and complex mental health problems
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Good Organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
Desirable
- Experience of working in a multicultural framework
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical /counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualification or experience in research methodology, staff training and /or other fields of applied psychology.
- Eligible for BABCP accreditation
knowledge
Essential
- oKnowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with severe and complex mental health problems
Desirable
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Skills
Essential
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Good Organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
Desirable
- Experience of working in a multicultural framework
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).
