Clinical Health Psychologist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly specialised Clinical Health Psychologist for a 12-month post in the Psychological Medicine department. The role covers limb loss, cleft lip/palate, and acute spinal cord injury, with 1.8 WTE across several services.

The post focuses on specialist assessment, evidence-based therapy, and staff consultancy. A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and HCPC registration are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people with physical health conditions and/or staff support services

Responsibilities

• Carry out highly specialist psychological assessment and give a clinical opinion and case formulation to guide intervention or consultation
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions and consultancy for people with limb loss, cleft lip/palate, or acute spinal cord injury
• Provide input to Trust staff experiencing work-related psychological difficulties
• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams with surgeons, physiotherapists, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, prosthetists, rehabilitation consultants and nurses
• Represent the team within the wider organisation at times
• Provide teaching and training
• Carry out research and evaluation relevant to these conditions
• Work with psychological medicine colleagues and Trust wellbeing services in staff support

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

A 12-month clinical health psychologist post within the Psychological Medicine department at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, covering 1.8 WTE across several services. The work centres on specialist assessment, evidence-based therapy and consultancy for people with limb loss, cleft lip and/or palate, or acute spinal cord injury, plus support for staff facing work-related psychological difficulties. Posts can be combined into a whole-time or part-time pattern. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is essential.

What the job involves

• Carry out highly specialist psychological assessment and give a clinical opinion and case formulation to guide intervention or consultation, drawing on interview, observation, questionnaires, neuropsychological tests...
• Give opinion where professional views differ, and judge the significance of unreliable or missing data
• Provide evidence-based psychological interventions and consultancy for children and adults with limb loss or at risk of amputation, cleft lip and/or palate, and acute spinal cord injury
• Provide input to Trust staff experiencing work-related psychological difficulties
• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams with surgeons, physiotherapists, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, prosthetists, rehabilitation consultants and nurses
• Represent the team within the wider organisation at times
• Provide teaching and training
• Carry out research and evaluation relevant to these conditions
• Work with psychological medicine colleagues and Trust wellbeing services in staff support

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Experience of working with people with physical health conditions and/or staff support services

Nice to have

• Knowledge of working with patients who may have a condition associated with a difference in appearance or physical function
• Knowledge of mental health difficulties commonly associated with the NHS workplace
• Achieved grades