Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OC6429631
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Lavington Centre, Savernake Hospital
- Town
- Marlborough
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - Marlborough
Band 7
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.
Job overview
We are keen to welcome eager and suitably qualified Clinical Psychologists to join our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
We comprise a bijou multi-disciplinary team working the iThrive model with young people up to the age of 18 who present with a wide variety of mental health issues ranging in severity and with varying complexity. We host the Eating Disorder service, Learning Disability CAMHS and a Neurodevelopmental clinic.
You would be part of a dedicated team of professionals who are kind and passionate about what they do. We will feed your tummy with nice biscuits, your career with great training opportunities, supervision and guidance and nurture you as an individual to thrive and be a happy confident and competent person. Bring your hiking boots too... we are next to the forest.
Main duties of the job
- Assessment of young people presenting to service.
- Formulation.
- Provision of evidence based treatment.
- Some psychological or neuropsychological testing.
- Supporting colleagues.
- Supervision.
Working for our organisation
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
- 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Work closely with psychologists, CBT therapist, assistant psychologist and Clinical Associate Psychologist to assess, formulate, plan and deliver evidence based treatment for a wide variety of mental health presentations with varying complexity.
- Support the team with service delivery initiatives, supervision and projects where appropriate.
- Deliver training.
- Supervision of trainee and assistant psychologists.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical / counselling psychology
- Current HCPC registration as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge to perform a complex psychological assessment, intervention and management
- A wide range of psychological interventions.
- Good working knowledge of neurodiversity
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment with young people
- Experience of delivering psychological interventions with a young age group
- Experience of working with complexity
- MDT working
- Managing priorities and caseload
Desirable criteria
- Consultation
- Delivering supervision
Skills
Essential criteria
- Complex assessment skills
- Ability to hold a number of working hypotheses and work pragmatically in the context of complex and complicating factors
- Great communication skills with adults, professionals and young people.
- Consultation
Desirable criteria
- Great computer skills that enhance what you do.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nel Bartlett
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 904666
- Additional information
Or alternatively ask to speak with Mike Horwood on: 01865 904666
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