Senior Psychotherapist

Oxford Health Nhs Foundation Trust; Harwell; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression opportunities

NHS discounts

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff networking and support groups

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a part-time Senior Psychotherapist/Group Analyst to join the Northeast Adult Mental Health Team in North and West Oxfordshire. You will work with a multidisciplinary group to deliver high-quality, person-centred care and co-facilitate MBT groups in Oxford.

The role requires experience in complex mental health care, group therapy, and NHS settings, with DBS clearance and ongoing professional supervision.

Qualifications

• Recognition in core mental health professions (e.g., psychology, nursing, medicine, social work, occupational therapy).
• Fully accredited with UKCP or BPC.
• Experience running/co-running MBT or other group therapies.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat and discharge patients with complex mental health needs.
• Co-facilitate MBT groups at countywide programme.
• Provide clinical supervision to colleagues and trainees.
• Contribute to service development and governance within the team.

Skills

Psychotherapy

Group analysis

NHS experience

Clinical supervision

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Masters or Doctoral in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Diploma level qualification in mental health field

Job description

Job summary Are you interested in an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people with long-term mental health needs? We are looking for a part time Senior Psychotherapist/Group Analyst to join our newly formed integrated Northeast Adult Mental Health Team, part of the North and West Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Locality. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a new team and help shape the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. You will work alongside experienced and supportive colleagues within the wider team of psychological professionals, including psychotherapists, psychologists, group analysts, CBT therapists, CAT therapists, and family therapists. As part of our integrated multidisciplinary service, you will also have opportunities to work closely with psychiatrists, social workers, community psychiatric nurses, and other mental health professionals, supporting joined-up care for the people and communities we serve.

• Work as part of the locality psychological therapies team within the Adult Mental Health Team, seeing patients individually and in groups, providing formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems.
• Be responsible for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning the patients mental health difficulties.
• Help co-facilitate MBT groups within our well-established countywide Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT) programme. Delivered in person from our Headington base in Oxford city.
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to the wider Adult Mental Health Team to help develop their patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Receive and provide professional clinical supervision for yourself and other appropriately trained psychological therapy staff.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of the teams operational practices to ensure high quality, responsive and accessible services are available.

About us Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding. As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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"

• 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 networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Training & qualifications

Essential

• To have either undertaken a recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, psychology, medicine, social work, occupational therapy or to have other extensive relevant experience and demonstrated competence to work in the mental health field in the NHS - and - Successful completion of relevant post registration clinical training and qualification to at least Diploma level and Masters or Doctoral level qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy or equivalent qualification.
• Fully accredited with either UKCP (Council for Psychoanalysis and Jungian Analysis college CPJAC) or BPC.
• Completion of appropriate CPD to maintain registration and accreditation with professional bodies.
• Ability to travel between bases as required
• Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
• Qualifications / training in clinical supervision
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings.
• Experience of supervising others.
• 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 running / co-running groups
• Experience of the application of providing therapy 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

Essential

• 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.
• Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.

Other Skills and Qualities

Essential

• 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
• Willingness to work flexibly

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

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