Perinatal Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Job summary

Are you an an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist seeking a new challenge?

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and Maternal Mental Health Service. The right candidate will work across both teams toplay a key role in clinical leadership and development, supervision and training.

We are looking for a skilled psychologist who can provide supervision and support the psychological assessment and therapy provision of more junior members of staff. You will have experience of working alongside a range of other professionals to provide specialist psychological advice and consultation regarding formulation and treatment.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of providing psychological assessment and intervention for adults in the perinatal period with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

This role is crucial in ensuring that patients get timely access to high quality specialist psychological treatments within the Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team. As part of the role, you will:

• Provide psychological assessment and intervention for adults with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties presenting in the perinatal period and their families in outpatient, community and inpatient settings as required. This may include the use of digital technology.
• Supervise and support the psychological assessment and interventions provided by assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, CBT therapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• Provide ad hoc advice, consultation and supervision on clients' psychological care to colleagues and other professionals as delegated by the Principal Clinical Psychologist.
• Propose and implement policy changes which may impact on other professionals working in the team.

You will excel at working autonomously, managing a caseload and exercising responsibility for systematic governance of psychological practice within a multidisciplinary team. You will be familiar with utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development.

About us

We offer excellent supervision, CPD and training opportunities to support the role and individual career progression, and 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 and Research, 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.

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Slade House,

Horspath Driftway,

Headington, Oxford,

OX3 7JH

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Slade House,

Horspath Driftway,

Headington, Oxford,

OX3 7JH

Employer's website

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

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