Band 8a Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Job Title: Clinical Psychologist - 85251

Grade: Band 8a

Trust: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Whiteleaf Centre, Aylesbury HP20 1EG

Ward/Dept: Amber Ward

Hours: 18.75 hours p/w

Shift Pattern: 9.00-5.00pm weekdays, flexible across 5 working days

Pay Rates Day: £32.06 (exc Holiday Pay)

Why might this job interest you?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated Clinical Psychologist to join the team at Oxford Health. You will be a valued member of the Multidisciplinary team to interface across the service and our clients.

Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Main duties of the job

Contribution to care provision of patients by providing consultation to the multidisciplinary team and ongoing support to create and implement care and treatment plans.

Supervise and support 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.

Undertaking psychological assessment, including neuropsychological assessment where appropriate.

Work 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.

Responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups adjusting and refining psychological formulations and drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.

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