Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-BM6077689-A
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whiteleaf Centre
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £58,972 - £68,525 Per annum | Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Aylesbury
Band 8b
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 seeking a Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly, skilled and developing Urgent Care Pathway in Buckinghamshire, working clinically with the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and the Psychiatric Liaison Service in North Bucks.
The Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist provides direct interventions including assessment and formulation, and brief psychological therapy; and indirect interventions in support of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and the Psychiatric Liaison Service.
Main duties of the job
You should be able to demonstrate your experience, skills and qualifications in evidence-based approaches in specialist adult mental health settings, this may include for example CBT and third wave approaches / Schema Therapy / EMDR / DBT / MBT / CAT. You will ensure the service you provide is of a high quality and meets national guidance, as well as meeting local and nationally agreed targets.
You will provide psychological therapy assessments and interventions for adults with severe and/or complex mental health problems, their families and carers. You will provide supervision and management support to other psychological therapists and consultation and guidance to Urgent Care colleagues. You will have excellent communication skills and will participate in multidisciplinary risk assessment, formulation and care planning.
You will work with the Clinical & Professional Lead, Locality Leads, Team Managers and your team to ensure that the Buckinghamshire Urgent Care Pathway achieves its key objectives of delivering integrated, safe, accessible, responsive, effective and caring services to people in Buckinghamshire.
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 tea
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The teams have regular reflective practice and supportive, open cultures. As a member of the team, you will work closely with colleagues in our CMHTs and in-patient teams and play an important role in developing the crisis psychology pathway within Buckinghamshire Mental Health Services.
You will join our established, friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary teams which are part of the wider Buckinghamshire Urgent Care Services. We provide a wide range of evidence-based and innovative psychological therapies. The post will be attractive to clinical or counselling psychologists with a track record in working with people with acute and/or complex mental health problems.
You will receive expert clinical supervision and will have access to a wide range of CPD activities. There are excellent opportunities for service development, service evaluation/research and teaching/training.
We look forward to receiving your application if you have skills in delivering therapy to this client group, evidence of significant knowledge in your specialist therapy area, sound clinical risk assessment and management skills, experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, experience and enthusiasm to work collaboratively with colleagues in the wider mental health system and a desire to play a positive and proactive role within the Urgent Care Pathway as a colleague and clinical supervisor and as part of the leadership team.
The post is based at The Whiteleaf Centre and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals in Aylesbury, both of which are easily accessible by road and public transport and within walking distance of the town centre.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Knowledge of working with complex patients in time-limited therapies
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of different, specialised psychological therapies and how they are used for patients with severe and complex presentations
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, as accredited by the British Psychological Society, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Accreditation with accrediting body such as BABCP, ACAT or SfDBT
- HCPC registration or BABCP accreditation
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties
- Experience of working in Mental Health services in an NHS setting working closely with others as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of working as part of a leadership team
- Experience of line managing other staff
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
- Shazma Thabusom
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07999150565
- 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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