Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OC8138137
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Raglan House
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/07/2026
Employer heading
Assistant Psychologist - CAMHS Eating Disorders
Band 4
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.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you looking to gain more clinical experience in mental health?
We are looking for a full time Assistant Psychologist to join our Community CAMHS Eating Disorder Team in Oxford, Oxfordshire, as part of Oxfordshire CAMHS Eating Disorder Service (CAEDS).
You will support service users on both a 1:1 and group basis including service users who might be neurodiverse. Other key roles and responsibilities will include co-facilitating assessments for the service and supporting in formulations, development of service literature and working with service users, carers and clinicians to collect high quality service audit data and to support the development of audit and/or research projects relating to the role.
The post is based in Raglan House, Cowley, which is a specialist CAMHS eating disorders service with a reputation for excellence. We offer a range of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders. There are opportunities for further training in the evidence-based treatments, including regular supervision.
The community team is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team including Clinical Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Nursing staff, an Occupational Therapist, Assistant Psychologists and Team Administrators. We also have good links with colleagues in the Adult Eating Disorders Services.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological, including neuropsychological, tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care
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To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified professional psychologist.
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To assist in the organisation, coordination and running of therapeutic groups for young people and their families/carers.
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To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects for eating disorder clients in services across CAMHS.
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To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
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To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and research to assist qualified clinical psychologists in evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
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Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
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”.
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
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
qaulifications
Essential criteria
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in Psychology
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Desirable criteria
- Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis
- Record of peer-reviewed publication
Experince
Essential criteria
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience as an Assistant Psychologist (either in a paid or voluntary capacity)
- Previous experience in a paid care capacity with people with eating disorders
- Previous experience in a paid care capacity within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience and a good knowledge of Microsoft Office software and the ability to use specialised software, especially SPSS for Windows, for databases, analysis of research results, collating observation material and other uses
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
- An ability to apply existing psychological knowledge to a mental health context
- An understanding of psychology applied to health care, and eating disorders.
Desirable criteria
- High standard of report writing
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Kim Hoffman
- Job title
- Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 901951
- Additional information
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