Oxford Health NHS Trust

Clinical Psychologist - Eating Disorders - Oxford

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Job summary

Looking for a change?

Would you like to join a well established eating disorder service?

Cotswold House (CHO) is a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit based at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford. We are a 14 bedded inpatients service and offer 6-day treatment places.

CHO is a Parliamentary Awards Winner 2022 for The Excellence in Mental Health Care Award , as part of the Hope Adult Eating Disorder Provider Collaborative and we would love you to join our award winning team.

We are looking for a qualified Clinical or Counselling Psychologist who is registered with HCPC to join our diverse multidisciplinary team.

With a reputation for excellence, our service provides a stepped-care model of care tailored to the individual's needs for stabilisation and recovery.

Currently our service is piloting the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-ED) and other therapeutic interventions such as MANTRA, etc. We offer a range of CBT-ED programmes and evidence-based treatments to assist a patient's return to independent living, including work, training, or study.

We are looking for someone with expertise in working with adult with eating disorders and being part of a multi-disciplinary team. We are part of the Provider Collaborative of New Care Models, whereby we work with other care providers outside Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and support each other in the allocation of resources and shared experience.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
To make skilled evaluations to formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's mental health problems, based upon appropriate conceptual framework of the patient's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the range of care settings.
To implement a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups within and across the Adult Eating Disorder service, adjusting/refining psychological formulations, informed by different exploratory models and maintaining a number of hypotheses.
To evaluate/make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical/therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individuals, family or group.
To exercise professional responsibility for the assessment/treatment/discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans, including communication with the referral agent /others involved in care.

About us

There are professional links across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire, with structures in place for supervision/governance arrangements. You will be working with, and be supported by the Consultant Clinical Psychologist Eating Disorder Service. There are strong links with the Oxford Clinical Psychology Training Course.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Date posted

11 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum/pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

267-OA5626342

Job locations

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Job description

Job responsibilities

The service operates 7 days per week 24 hours. This position will be for 4 days (33.5hrs) and with a flexibility of which days to work between Monday Friday.

If you are ready to embark on the next chapter of your career please apply today, or give us a call to find out more about our work - you can contact Ellen Tutisani on ellen.tutisani@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk or 07748 322259. We are happy for you to arrange a visit and come and see us in action

Job description

Job responsibilities

The service operates 7 days per week 24 hours. This position will be for 4 days (33.5hrs) and with a flexibility of which days to work between Monday Friday.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Formal training in supervision of trainees and other psychologists.

Desirable

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within Adult Mental Health.
Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adult people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
Post qualification experience of working with eating disorder patients and their families.

Desirable

Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of providing consultation / training on eating disorders.
Experience of developing and running groups.

Personal Qualities

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Ability to reflect on own practice and willingness to be involved in supervision.
Confident and articulate.
Flexible and resourceful in coping under pressure and with conflicting demands.
Time management skills.

Desirable

Experience of working within a multicultural framework

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specific models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Formal training in supervision of trainees and other psychologists.

Desirable

Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within Adult Mental Health.
Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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
Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adult people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and inpatient settings.
Post qualification experience of working with eating disorder patients and their families.

Desirable

Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of providing consultation / training on eating disorders.
Experience of developing and running groups.

Personal Qualities

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team and independently
Ability to reflect on own practice and willingness to be involved in supervision.
Confident and articulate.
Flexible and resourceful in coping under pressure and with conflicting demands.
Time management skills.

Desirable

Experience of working within 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.

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)