Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two experienced clinical psychologists to lead on psychological interventions within the Community Psychosis Pathway in Greenwich and surrounding areas. The roles involve work with adults with psychosis or bipolar disorder, delivering CBT, groups, family and systemic interventions.

You will collaborate with psychologists and therapists in related services, receive regular supervision, and have opportunities to link with local training and voluntary sector

Qualifications

• Experience delivering psychological interventions for adults with complex mental health issues.
• Proven ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team in community mental health.
• Experience leading groups, family systems work and CBT for psychosis or bipolar disorder.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of psychological interventions for psychosis or bipolar disorder, including groups, family and systemic work and CBT.
• Provide specialist assessment and therapy to individuals, families and groups.
• Offer consultation and advice on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues.
• Participate in supervision and trust-wide professional networks.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Group interventions

Family interventions

Individual therapy

Consultation

Research & audit

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two experienced clinical psychologists with substantial experience of working in adult mental health settings to work in our community psychosis pathway.

We welcome applicants who enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are passionate about equal opportunities and client-centred care. You will lead on the delivery of psychological interventions for people with a diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar disorder, including groups, family and systemic interventions, and cognitive-behavioural therapy.

You will work closely with psychologists and psychological therapists in a supportive and innovative team, as well as psychology professionals in the family consultation, community rehabilitation, and autism services.

You will have regular supervision and access to trust-wide professional networks. There are possible opportunities to develop our links with local children and young peoples services and voluntary community and social enterprise organisations.

Greenwich offers a rich, culturally diverse and stimulating environment. We value our relationship with local training institutions and encourage our psychologists in continued professional development.

To provide a psychology service to clients of the Community Psychosis Pathway.

You will be experienced in a range of clinical skills with clients with complex mental health issues, including group work, psychological assessments, family interventions, individual therapy, consultation, research and audit.

You will be providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy with individuals, families and groups, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, childrens' centres, schools and peoples' homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our Purpose Is To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values

• We’re Kind
• We’re
• We Listen
• We Care

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Naureen Whittinger Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07584 640097