Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to conduct psychological assessments and implement treatment plans for a diverse client base. The role involves working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and providing oversight and professional guidance. Applicants should have a Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and experience in psychological interventions across various settings.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace environment

Commitment to professional development

Flexible interview arrangements for applicants with disabilities

Qualifications

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment.
• Experience working across a wide variety of client groups.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessments.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans for mental health issues.
• Undertake risk assessment and contribute to understanding client care.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Treatment planning

Risk assessment

Clinical supervision

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

• • To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.
  • To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems and other relevant issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
  • To be responsible for implementing a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
  • To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
  • To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically-based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies.
  • To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
  • To act as care coordinator, where appropriate, taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans including clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved the network of care.
  • To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
  • To provide clinical supervision and professional guidance to qualified psychologists, assistant psychologists, psychology trainees and non-psychology disciplines.
  • To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a senior clinical psychologist and, where appropriate, other senior professional colleagues.
  • To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of clinical psychology over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life span presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity

Desirable criteria

• CAMHS clinical experience
• Experience of the application of practitioner psychology in different cultural contexts
• Knowledge of the theory of attachment and developmental trauma

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience of other audit or service development work.
• Description of knowledge and skills has been made specific to the post advertise
• Experience of CYP IAPT

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working with young people
• Experience of audit or service developement
• Years of experience

Experience

Essential criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment

Desirable criteria

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description and Person Specification (PDF, 312.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)