Job summary
We are looking for an 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join the Buckinghamshire Adult Acute Care Pathway!
Have you been thinking how you would like to work more flexibly whilst growing your skills and experience and progressing up the career ladder? Would you like to develop your leadership skills further? Are you interested in developing your skills while developing the services we provide to patients within mental health services? We have a range of roles and sessions in the acute care pathway (Buckinghamshire) and lots of opportunities to work across or within several services. We have roles within the Acute Inpatient setting, female and male wards, as well as Community Rehabilitation service and Older Adult inpatient services.
We would really love to hear from you - we know that you know what skills you have, and what you want to develop further, as well as roles you want to pursue - we are really open to hearing your ideas and supporting your professional development!
We are keen to hear from psychological practitioners who are either ready for something new in their 8a role, ready the step to an 8a role, or who would be ideal for the support of a 7-8a preceptorship / development opportunity. We are interested in speaking to qualified/accredited psychological practitioners with systemic, CBT, or psychotherapy expertise.
If you have had ideas about what might develop better services for the populations we serve, we would like to speak to you!
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for:
- Contributing to care provision of patients by providing consultation to the multidisciplinary team and giving ongoing support to create and implement care and treatment plans
- Undertaking psychological assessments, including neuropsychological assessments where appropriate
- Delivering individual and group psychological interventions, where appropriate
- Evaluating the effectiveness of individual and group interventions
- Providing consultation and supervision to team colleagues in the delivery of psychologically informed treatments
- Involvement in the ward leadership team alongside the Ward Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist to assist with service improvement and the implementation of service changes.
- Supervising and supporting the psychological assessment and therapy provided by any assistant psychologists, doctoral trainee clinical psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- Providing ad hoc advice and guidance to colleagues in Buckinghamshire Adult / Community Mental Health Teams, inpatient wards, social care and GPs in planning and implementing care plans for patients with psychological care needs
- Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of local policies and procedures to exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the ward to which the post relates.
About us
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the post you will receive expert clinical supervision and management support and will have access to a wide range of CPD activities alongside a strong network of psychological therapists in Buckinghamshire. There are excellent opportunities for service development, service evaluation/research and teaching/training. The service has excellent links with the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research and regularly has trainees doing clinical placements and research.
We are happy to support flexible working hours to fit with work life balance aspirations and external commitments.
The core work of the 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychology posts in our services are to provide psychological assessments and interventions for adults with severe and/or complex mental health problems, their families and carers, as well as working with teams to provide consultation, support and training. We also encourage supervising trainees and assistants and working with the patients and managers of the teams for co-produced service growth and development.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
You will work as part of the adult inpatient team or community rehabilitation team, attending team meetings as appropriate and seeing clients individually and in group settings, including ward rounds and discharge planning meetings.
The post holders office base will be with other team members for clinical work undertaken for each ward and you will have access to hot desk areas within the Psychological Therapies area at the Whiteleaf Centre if necessary.
You will have access to support from the ward / community rehabilitation based admin team and will be free to use any other hot-desking area at the other bases within the trust as is convenient.
Please see attached JD/PS for further details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In the post you will receive expert clinical supervision and management support and will have access to a wide range of CPD activities alongside a strong network of psychological therapists in Buckinghamshire. There are excellent opportunities for service development, service evaluation/research and teaching/training. The service has excellent links with the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research and regularly has trainees doing clinical placements and research.
We are happy to support flexible working hours to fit with work life balance aspirations and external commitments.
The core work of the 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychology posts in our services are to provide psychological assessments and interventions for adults with severe and/or complex mental health problems, their families and carers, as well as working with teams to provide consultation, support and training. We also encourage supervising trainees and assistants and working with the patients and managers of the teams for co-produced service growth and development.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
You will work as part of the adult inpatient team or community rehabilitation team, attending team meetings as appropriate and seeing clients individually and in group settings, including ward rounds and discharge planning meetings.
The post holders office base will be with other team members for clinical work undertaken for each ward and you will have access to hot desk areas within the Psychological Therapies area at the Whiteleaf Centre if necessary.
You will have access to support from the ward / community rehabilitation based admin team and will be free to use any other hot-desking area at the other bases within the trust as is convenient.
Please see attached JD/PS for further details of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with adult of working age / older people.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to adult and/ or older mental health.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent training of qualified / accredited psychological practice)
- Registered with HCPC or equivalent professional / regulatory registration
- Ability to travel across Buckinghamshire to provide patient care, attend meetings etc.
Desirable
- Current clean full driving licence and use of a car that can be used for work.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients, 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
- Experience of working with adults / older adults with severe and enduring mental health problems
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of supervision of others.
- Experience of working with families, carers and different care systems.
- Experience of working with complex neuropsychological presentations
- Experience of working with complex psychological presentations
- Experience of working with complex trauma
Contractual Requirements & Personal Skills
Essential
- A positive approach to working with adults / older adults
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Willingness to develop skills in teaching and training others
- 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.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Willingness to work flexibly
- A sense of humour
- An awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with adult of working age / older people.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to adult and/ or older mental health.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent training of qualified / accredited psychological practice)
- Registered with HCPC or equivalent professional / regulatory registration
- Ability to travel across Buckinghamshire to provide patient care, attend meetings etc.
Desirable
- Current clean full driving licence and use of a car that can be used for work.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of clients, 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
- Experience of working with adults / older adults with severe and enduring mental health problems
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and training.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of supervision of others.
- Experience of working with families, carers and different care systems.
- Experience of working with complex neuropsychological presentations
- Experience of working with complex psychological presentations
- Experience of working with complex trauma
Contractual Requirements & Personal Skills
Essential
- A positive approach to working with adults / older adults
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Willingness to develop skills in teaching and training others
- 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.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
- Willingness to work flexibly
- A sense of humour
- An awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
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).
