Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: (Secondment opportunity also available)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OC6334439
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Marlborough House Adolescent Unit, Okus Rd, Swindon SN1 4JS
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - Marlborough Adolescent House Unit - Swindon
Band 8a
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
Do you have experience working with young people with children, young people and their families?
Are you interested in working with young people with complex mental health needs in an inpatient setting?
Are you looking to enhance your skills and work within a supportive and experienced team?
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join our adolescent inpatient unit in Swindon. The unit is multi-disciplinary and all are highly committed to providing the best care they can to the young people who are admitted.
The unit is part of the Thames Valley Tier 4 Provider collaborative and you will be linked into the wider Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) group of psychologists.
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The successful candidate will be joining our existing part time clinical psychologist.
For candidates looking for more than 18.75 hours there are opportunities to combine this post with hours in closely related local CAMHS services.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining Marlborough House Adolescent Inpatient Unit in Swindon, a constantly evolving service which is committed to adapting to meet diverse and challenging demands and to maintaining high quality specialist assessment and intervention.
The role involves the provision of a high quality Clinical Psychology Service within the multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for an enthusiastic, personable, and resourceful individual who is committed to supporting and developing services as part of a close-knit team. You will need excellent communication and organisational skills, and a keenness to be part of a busy and vibrant service.
We will need you to provide therapeutic interventions to young people, consultation, supervision and training to the team and will assist with case formulation and treatment planning. There is currently another 8a clinical psychologist (0.5wte) in post with whom you would be sharing the role and responsibilities and there are plans to recruit an assistant psychologist.
This is an exciting post and would suit someone who has experience in working with children, young people and their families, who is keen to develop wider skills working with young people presenting with a range of complex mental health needs and the families and systems supporting them. It would suit someone with interests in the areas of adolescent mental health including, but not limited to, eating disorders, OCD, autism and managing strong emotions.
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
- As an organisation we are mindful of our staffs’ well-being and see supervision, support, training and development in post as a priority.
- In BSW we are strongly committed to staff development and progression. We have recently launched a comprehensive CAMHS specific training strategy for all staff at all levels. Our training programme includes numerous CAMHS specific trainings that are directly relevant to roles as well as external trainings funded by HEE. We would discuss with the successful candidate any CPD needs that they may have and consider matching with external training where possible and appropriate.
- Our training strategy also highlights development and progression opportunities for staff as we are keen to grow and develop our workforce for the future. Managers work closely with staff to ensure they have the right trainings to enable them to confidently and competently deliver high standard interventions to children, young people and their families.
- In BSW we understand the importance of professional identity. We have leads for each of the professional groups who organise regular meetings across BSW to consider professional development, issues and CPD.
Some key responsibilities will include:
- To ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist psychology service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour.
- To offer consultation and supervision, and support the work of other service staff and psychology clinical team members providing psychologically based care and treatment, according to expertise.
- To provide training placements for Doctoral Trainee psychologists, a range of qualified and unqualified staff across mental health areas, as agreed.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, and contribute to research and training within the areas served by the teams and service.
- To be involved in service developments, as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Current registration as a Clinical Psychologist with HCP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
- High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
Skills/Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
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
- Tom Waterfield
- Job title
- Modern Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 903480
- Additional information
Lucy Hubbard (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) - [email protected] / 01865 903422
Tom Waterfield (Modern Matron Marlborough House Adolescent Unit) [email protected]/01865 903480
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