Clinical Psychologist OUH Staff Support Service

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a qualified clinical psychologist to provide specialist psychological services to staff members. The role involves direct interaction, assessment, and treatment sessions, while also contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will engage with clinical work alongside audit responsibilities, fostering a respectful and supportive workplace driven by values of compassion and excellence.

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical psychologist with expertise in assessment and treatment.
• Ability to manage waiting lists and development of clinical services.
• Experience in providing evidence-based psychological services.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical psychology services to NHS staff.
• Support service development and engagement in quality audits.
• Assist with assessment and treatment for staff groups.

Job description

The post holderwill play an integral part in the highly regarded Oxford University Hospitals Staff Support Service. They will provide a qualified and specialist clinical psychology service to individuals and teams who work in the trust. The post-holder will provide direct, face-to-face sessions for staff who are referred into the service. They will support waiting list management and undertake assessment and treatment work with staff members alongside clinical work with staff groups.

They will engage in active audit and service development associated with the aim of providing a high quality, evidence based service with equitable access to all members of the OUH community.

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.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles.

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.