Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An expanding service at NHS is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to support young individuals facing severe mental health challenges. This role involves providing clinical assessments, interventions, and supervision within a multidisciplinary team, ensuring quality care across the Thames Valley region.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

NHS Discount across a wide range of shops

Cycle to work scheme

27 days annual leave, rising to 33 days

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology.
• Experience in research methodology and applied psychology.
• Knowledge of specialized psychological therapies for severe mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and intervention for clients.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Supervise assistant psychologists and support neurodevelopmental testing.

Skills

Communication

Consultation

Organizational Skills

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Job description

Due to the expanding Forensic CAMHS service in our area we are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join the team.

The forensic CAMHS team is a small specialist community service for young people under 18 about whom there are mental health concerns and who show high risk behaviours towards others. Young people may or may not be in contact with the youth justice system or care system.

The service has strong links with many agencies working with young people both within the Thames Valley (the area we cover - Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire) and beyond. It includes different professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses and forms part of wider mental health services for children and young people (CAMHS).

We can offer a number of services to support professionals as well as supporting access other teams within CAMHS provision such as;

• Advice
• Case consultation
• Assessment (joint or otherwise)
• Case supervision
• Training
• Specialist interventions

Main duties of the job

The role with work with colleagues in the team for support the provision of the service across the Thames Valley. This will include working within the service model (consultation based) and supporting the service to increase the amount of direct clinical assessment and intervention. In particular the role will work with the clinical lead and consultant psychologist to support psychological thinking to the consultation, assessment and treatment of clients referred to the team. There is an assistant psychologist in the team and working with them and offering supervision will be part of the role.

This role has been funded to support the increasing level of complex neurodevelopmental needs with which our client group is presenting. As a result we anticipate the role will take a lead on supporting with neurodevelopmental testing and assessment (cognitive such as WISC/WAIS and other NDC focused assessments ) and developing pathways for this client group across the service patch and so experience of these areas is desirable.

The successful applicant will have excellent interpersonal and clinical skills which will enable them to thrive within a multi-disciplinary team context and in working with this complex patient group and their families. If you have interests you wish to develop, then please discuss with us.

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
• 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 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical /counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• Pre-qualification training and qualification or experience in research methodology, staff training and /or other fields of applied psychology.

Knowledge

• 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

Skills

• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• 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.
• Good Organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload

Experience

• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, 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, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient 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.