Job summary
Are you a newly qualified Psychologist seeking your first role, or an experienced Psychologist looking for a change of pace?
We're recruiting a Clinical Psychologist (newly qualified or experienced) to join Amber Ward on a part-time basis (18.75 hours per week) at the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury.
You will provide a high-quality, highly specialist clinical psychology service to an older adults' inpatient ward supporting patients with complex mental health needs, including dementia.
Key responsibilities include:
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Contributing to patient care through consultation with the multidisciplinary team and supporting the development and implementation of care and treatment plans
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Undertaking psychological and neuropsychological assessments where appropriate
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Delivering individual and group psychological interventions
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Evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and adapting practice accordingly
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Providing consultation and supervision to colleagues to support psychologically informed care
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Working as part of the ward leadership team alongside the Ward Manager and Consultant Psychiatrist to support service improvement and change
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Supervising and supporting assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, and other team members delivering psychologically based care and treatment
This is an opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team and play a key role in shaping psychologically informed care for older adults in an inpatient setting.
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions.
- To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals within the service.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients in receipt of older people's services.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients.
- To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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"
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with older people
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to older people and mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised neuropsychological assessment for dementia
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent training in Counselling Psychology with evidence of specific experience of older adults and neuropsychological assessment skills) including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
- Registered with HCPC
- Ability to travel across Buckinghamshire to provide patient care, attend meetings etc.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Post doctoral qualification relevant to current post
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 older adults with mental health problems
- Experience of working with clients with functional and with organic illnesses
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment of dementia
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 or other requirements
Essential
- A positive approach to working with 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
- 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 Requirements
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
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS
Desirable
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with older people
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to older people and mental health.
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised neuropsychological assessment for dementia
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent training in Counselling Psychology with evidence of specific experience of older adults and neuropsychological assessment skills) including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
- Registered with HCPC
- Ability to travel across Buckinghamshire to provide patient care, attend meetings etc.
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Post doctoral qualification relevant to current post
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 older adults with mental health problems
- Experience of working with clients with functional and with organic illnesses
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment of dementia
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 or other requirements
Essential
- A positive approach to working with 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
- 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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
