Principal Practitioner Psychologist

Oxford Health NHS Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Oxford is seeking a part-time HCPC registered psychologist for maternity leave cover. The role involves providing clinical supervision, psychological assessment, and working with a multidisciplinary team in acute inpatient wards. The candidate should have a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and is required to have extensive experience in complex mental health services. This position offers excellent career progression opportunities and a supportive environment for skill development.

Benefits

Excellent career progression opportunities

Continuous professional development

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working with clients across the life course.
• Experience in NHS mental health services and multidisciplinary teams.
• Familiarity with complex mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological assessment and intervention for adults in inpatient settings.
• Supervise and support psychological assessments by the team.
• Work within professional guidelines for clinical governance.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Psychological assessment

Research methodology

Leadership skills

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling psychology

HCPC registration or BABCP accreditation

Job description

Are you passionate about working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties and people in acute distress?

We are seeking a compassionate and friendly HCPC registered psychologist for a fixed term maternity leave cover on a part time basis. It could be offered as a secondment opportunity.

The post holder would to work directly on our two acute inpatient wards based at the Fulbrook centre, Oxford. You would offer clinical supervision and oversight to the other psychology staff working in to the wards including, a practitioner psychologist, assistant psychologists and offering trainee placements.

This role is recognised as crucial in ensuring that patients get access to high quality psychological treatments within the older adult inpatient wards.

You would be part of a strong and supportive inpatient psychology service who are located on the adult of working age acute inpatient wards in Oxford.

You would have a clear co-created job plan that is varied and flexible. There would be allocated time to pursue an interest or develop skills in line with the service as well as ample opportunity to develop your leadership skills.

We are a fast growing service that encourages innovation. We have a strong and clear psychology service vision that includes being involved in research and Quality Improvement.

We offer excellent CPD and training opportunities to support career progression.

Main duties of the job

Key duties of this role will be:

• To provide psychological assessment and intervention for adults with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties in an inpatient setting.
• To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by Clinical/ Counselling Psychologists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
• To work as part of the inpatient team providing advice and guidance to colleagues as well as to social care and GPs in planning and implementing care plans for patients with psychological care needs.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of local policies and procedures. To exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the inpatient wards.
• To utilise research skills, as a requirement of the job, for audit, policy and service development and research.
• To propose and implement policy changes which may impact on other professionals working in the inpatient service.
• To take delegated leadership in specific area of clinical responsibility.

Please note, the responsibilities of this role are subject to change as it due to go through job evaluation

About us

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles.

Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Job responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
• Knowledge of working with complex patients in time-limited therapies
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of different, specialised psychological therapies and how they are used for patients with severe and complex presentations

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, as accredited by the British Psychological Society, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• HCPC registration or BABCP accreditation
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
• Accreditation with accrediting body such as BABCP, ACAT or SfDBT

Experience

• Extensive experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
• Experience of working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties
• Experience of working in Mental Health services in an NHS setting working closely with others as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of offering clinical supervision to other psychological therapists
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
• Experience of working as part of a leadership team
• Experience of line managing other staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£64,455 to £74,896 per annum | Pro rata