Job summary
- Main area
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 267-OC6412779
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Swindon Community CAMHS
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - 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 Eating disorders?
Are you looking to enhance your skills and work within a supportive and experienced team?
We are looking for a Clinical Psychologist within the team with the possibility of a preceptorship (please contact us to discuss further). You will be part of our Swindon Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The service is designed to provide young people and families with expert help and you will have a particular focus around providing psychology input into our Specialist Eating Disorder Service (TEDS) and you will also be part of the wider multi-disciplinary CAMHS service.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic, personable, and resourceful individual who is committed to supporting developing services as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will need excellent communication and organisational skills, and a keenness to be part of a busy and vibrant pathway.
As an organisation we are mindful of our staffs’ well-being and see supervision, support, training and development in post as a priority.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining the Getting More Help Pathway within Swindon, a rapidly evolving service which is committed to adapting to meet diverse and challenging demands and to maintaining high quality specialist assessment and intervention whilst being mindful of throughput, innovation and efficiencies.
This is an exciting post and would suit someone who has experience in working with people with an Eating Disorder and someone who is keen to develop wider skills working with young people with a wide range of mental health needs.
We know how important it is to have a good work-life balance, so we are open to conversations about hours and hybrid working.
To find out more about working and living in Swindon please look at this link https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/swindon-camhs/
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
In Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) we are strongly committed to staff development and progression. We have recently launched a comprehensive CAMHS specific training strategy. Our training programme includes numerous specific trainings that are directly relevant to roles as well as external trainings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- 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.
We value professional development and support, and you will join a passionate group of clinical psychologists working across BSW.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
- 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.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Additional training in an eating disorders specific intervention, such as FBT, FT-AN, CBT-E, CBT-T
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical / counselling psychologist within CAMHS.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- 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 specialist psychological assessment and treatment of CAMHS clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with eating disorders
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of and experience in the theory and practice of specialized psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups, including eating disorders
Contractual or other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel between bases and within the community as required for the post.
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
- Tori Mitchell
- Job title
- Clinical Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 903422
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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