Clinical Health Psychologist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cherwell District; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking clinical psychologists to join a thriving department of Psychological Medicine. The posts support limb loss, cleft lip/palate, and acute spinal cord injury services within multidisciplinary teams.

They will provide highly specialist assessments, evidence-based interventions, and consultancy, with teaching, training, research and evaluation, working with surgeons, therapists and nurses across OUH sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist assessments and evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Deliver consultancy to multidisciplinary teams including surgeons and therapists.
• Lead teaching, training, and involvement in research and service evaluation.
• Collaborate across OUH services including limb loss, cleft care, and spinal cord injury.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving department of Psychological Medicine in a large University Hospital NHS Trust. We are seeking clinical psychologists to provide provideinput to the cleft psychology service, the prosthetics team, the acute spinal cord injury service and the staff psychological support service.
Please note: We are recruiting 1.8 WTE. Applicants may express an interest in one post, or in combining posts where this creates a suitable whole-time or part-time working pattern. Combinations of sessions/posts will be considered and discussed at interview., As an integral part oftheabove named multi-disciplinary teams, the clinical psychologists will be responsible forthe provision of highly specialist assessments, evidence-based psychological interventions and consultancy services forchildren and adultswithlimb loss (or at risk of limb loss/amputation), cleft lip and/or palate and acute spinal cord injury. They will also provide input to staff working in OUH and experiencing work-related psychological difficulties.
The post holder will provide teaching and training alongside research and evaluation relevant tothe above conditions.
Depending on the sub-specialty, the post holder will work closely with other health professionals (e.g.surgeons, physiotherapists, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupationaltherapists, prosthetists, rehabilitation consultantsand nurses) and will, at times, represent the team within the widerorganisation. The post holder in staff support will work closely with psychological medicine colleagues in the team, alongside the trust well being services.
The post holder will be a valued member of the Psychological Medicine Centre which encompasses Clinical Health Psychology, Children's Psychological Medicineand Psychiatry.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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