qualified Psychologist/CBT Therapist

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services organization in Banbury is seeking Clinical Psychologists to work with children and young people. The role involves assessments, delivering psychological interventions, and providing training and supervision. You will have the opportunity to engage in diverse therapeutic approaches, including CBT. A flexible working model is offered to support work-life balance, alongside excellent training and development opportunities. The successful candidate will contribute to enhancing mental health services within the community.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

NHS discount

Competitive pension scheme

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience with young people and neurodiversity.
• Ability to engage in various therapeutic approaches.
• Willingness to undertake mandatory training.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments.
• Provide clinical supervision and training.
• Deliver psychological interventions for children and young people.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Therapeutic approaches

Consultation skills

Supervision skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Qualifications in CBT

Tools

Clinical frameworks

Job description

Or are you an experienced Psychologist/CBT therapist looking to work with children and young people? We are currently recruiting Clinical Psychologists on a part and full time basis. In the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services North Oxford Getting More Help (CAMHS) team, we currently have a hybrid working model, combining face‑to‑face and remote working, with different bases across the county (including Banbury, Oxford, Bicester, and Witney).

The role provides opportunities to work with a wide range of mental health presentations and to develop understanding of and skills in working with young people presenting with neurodiversity.

We are an MDT comprising a range of different professions. This includes psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, social work, mental health nursing, family therapy and occupational therapy. The psychology team is comprised of Clinical Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists, alongside providing placements to trainee Clinical Psychologists and trainee Cognitive Behaviour Therapists. We are also supported by an admin team, who are well‑embedded within the wider team.

Applications are welcomed from students due to qualify. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to really get involved in the Psychology provision offered within the Oxford North Locality. On a day‑to‑day basis, this will include:

Responsibilities

• Offering assessments.
• Offering consultation to both CAMHS clinicians (within and external to our team) and Multiagency services (e.g. social care and schools) providing opportunities to engage with other professionals to share and disseminate psychological knowledge/understanding.
• Delivering psychological interventions using a range of models through 1:1 sessions, group programmes and joint parent and young person work. There are opportunities for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Third Wave CBT, DNA-V (adolescent model for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and Compassion Focused Therapy in line with the existing evidence bases.
• Delivering clinical supervision and supporting Psychology Trainees (both CBT trainees and trainee Clinical Psychologists).
• Involvement within various group interventions (including a CBT for OCD group, trauma‑focused groups (including parent groups) and a DNA‑V group).
• To support the duty provision, by undertaking the role of duty on a rota basis as shared out within the team.

The CAMHS Getting More Help Psychology team have a strong culture of working integratively. This includes CBT, 3rd wave approaches (inc. DBT‑informed practice, ACT and CFT), and systemic practice.

We believe understanding the context of the young person is fundamental to our work, and so will often need to work in ways that are theoretically very integrative to meet the needs of our heterogeneous population. Clinicians are encouraged to develop skills in a range of therapeutic approaches and to work autonomously to accommodate their interests in keeping with the needs of the client and the NICE guidelines.

You will be offered supervision in specific therapy modalities and there are opportunities to develop clinical practice in systemic work if interested. We have family therapy clinics with reflective team practice (with a team behind the screen) and would welcome and offer opportunities for consultation and development of staff systemic practice.

As a service we are actively involved in developing our current service provision. This includes establishing a more trauma‑informed offer for our young people and families and developing a package of responsive interventions. This is focused on ensuring access to support in a timely manner following referral. Linked to this development, there is the opportunity to get involved in service evaluation and research projects, if this is of interest.

Our Trust and the Oxford DClinPsy training course are keen to support psychologists in obtaining their BABCP accreditation if this is something they would like to work towards. Supervision and training opportunities are available in order to support this.

Training and development are a priority, and we support clinicians who want to challenge themselves and develop their knowledge and skill base. As a Trust we would like to support training in DNV‑A and CBT Trauma Focused Therapy and there are opportunities for further development in modalities such as supervision skills and EMDR.

Staff in the wider CAMHS teams are interested and proficient in a wide range of therapies and there is a good culture of skill sharing. All development opportunities will be considered through the PDR/Appraisal framework.

Induction and Employment Details

• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world‑renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing.

We have a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led. We have a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working, with various opportunities to learn from one another and support ongoing professional development.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti‑racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under‑represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio‑economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides 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".

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team