Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Inpatient

Oxford Health NHS Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Oxford is seeking a Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to provide psychological assessments and interventions within adult inpatient wards. The role includes facilitating team sessions and offering CPD workshops while supporting staff teams. Candidates must have a Doctorate in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and be HCPC registered. This position offers excellent career progression opportunities alongside a commitment to staff wellbeing and work-life balance.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS discount

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff accommodation

Qualifications

• Must be an experienced HCPC registered psychologist.
• Experience working in the NHS is essential.
• Must have experience in psychological assessments and treatments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychological assessments and interventions in an inpatient setting.
• Facilitate team formulation sessions and reflective practice groups.
• Consult and encourage staff teams to think psychologically.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Crisis management

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Inpatient

Are you an experienced HCPC registered Psychologist looking for a new opportunity?

We are looking for a friendly, compassionate, flexible and creative HCPC registered psychologist who enjoys working as a fully integrated member of the MDT in adult of working age acute inpatient wards.

You would work as part of Allen ward situated at Warneford Hospital site in Oxford. There is already a part time psychologist working on this ward along with a full time assistant psychologist. There would be opportunity to offer placements to trainees.

You would have a clear co‑created job plan that is varied and flexible with a supportive and visible consultant psychologist on site. There would also be allocated time to pursue a special interest or develop skills that would be in line with the service.

This role is recognised as crucial in ensuring that patients get access to high quality psychological treatments within the adult inpatient wards. You will be a valued member of the team.

We are a fast growing service that encourages innovation. There are exciting plans for the service to be part research trials.

We offer excellent CPD and training opportunities to support career progression. We support flexible working, recognising the importance of a good work life balance and the need for your work to fit with external commitments.

Main duties of the job

• Psychological assessments and time limited psychological interventions within an inpatient setting.
• Facilitating team formulation sessions & reflective practice groups
• Offering CPD workshops to multi-disciplinary staff.
• Consultation and encouraging staff teams to think psychologically.
• Attending and offering a psychological perspective in ward reviews and professional meetings.
• Developing and facilitating groups on acute inpatient wards

About us

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"

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

• 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
• 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

Training

• Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• HCPC registration
• Pre‑qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Qualifications / training in clinical supervision
• Eligible for BABCP accreditation

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including inpatient, outpatient, community, and day services settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of supervising others.
• Experience of running / co‑running groups.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
• Experience of working in the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well‑developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non‑professional groups.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as required by professional and accrediting bodies.

Other

• An interest in and positive approach towards working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and independently.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi‑media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• An awareness of own strengths and limitations.

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.