Job responsibilities
Job Title: Psychologist
Grade: Band 7
Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation
Trust
Location: Orchard Health Centre
Banbury/Raglan House Cowley.
Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00am
17.00pm
Pay rate: £ 25.60
About the Trust:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental
health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and Northeast Somerset.
The services are delivered at community bases, hospitals,
clinics, and peoples homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as
possible.
You will be working within a team where you would gain
experince of working within a busy CAMHHS service that has a very good
supervision structure.
To
be successful in applying for this role you will need:
Experience of working
within CAMHS
Use of Rio for
recording o would need RIO exp
Experince with
working with children with mental health needs
Ability to work on
their own
Knowledge of the
theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with
severe and complex mental health problems
Knowledge
of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
Registration with HCPC
In
addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence
of:
Relevant
Qualifications
Registration with the
relevant Registration Body
Role
responsibilities:
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 tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct
and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with
clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, as
appropriate and commensurate with skill.
To plan and implement
formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health
problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients
problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy.
To implement a range
of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families, and groups,
adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different
explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
To evaluate and make
decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic
models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes
that have shaped the individual, family or group.
To be responsible and
accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose
problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
To undertake risk
assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to
other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk
management.
To act as lead
professional, where no other team member is involved, taking responsibility for
initiating planning and review of care plans including clients, their careers,
referring agents and others involved the network of care.
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.
To
maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic
data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of
professional self-governance in accordance with relevant professional codes of
practice and Trust policies and procedures.
Adhere
to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts
offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise
waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient.
Complete
all requirements relating to data collection within the service including use
of routine outcome and patient experience measures.
Who
are NHS Professionals?
If a hospital cannot supply staff on a ward or area, due to
increased demand, sickness, or common staff shortages, they need to call upon
Bank staff. NHS Professionals works with Trusts to develop a Bank of highly
skilled workers who want to work flexibly with the NHS.
Why NHS Professionals?
We value your skills, dedication, and commitment in supporting
your local Trust and the NHS. We believe together we continue to deliver
world-class healthcare service to our patients.
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP)
can offer you some fantastic benefits: -
Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
Dedicated consultants
Flexible working options
Free DBS and free training
Build holiday allowance
Support when you need it 24/7 365 days Call us anytime on
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