Clinical Psychologist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 02 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Abingdon |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75733428 |
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We are looking for a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly psychology team within Getting More Help Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Abingdon on a permanent basis.
We welcome applications both from qualified clinicians and those who are shortly due to complete their training. You will be part of an experienced and reflective multi-disciplinary team offering general and specialist assessments in addition to holding a protected psychology caseload and contributing to the team’s work more broadly.
We'll need you to have the skills to make thoughtful contributions to MDT thinking and the confidence to work autonomously. You will offer a range of psychological interventions, depending on your experience, with the opportunity for both individual and group work. Psychological thinking is very much valued in the team & you will have the chance to offer consultation to colleagues.
You will receive regular clinical supervision from a senior clinical psychologist, as well as management supervision within an environment that values the mutual support and skills of team members. There are also a number of other spaces offered within the team for assistance with clinical work & managing the professional & personal demands of working in CAMHS. Training & CPD opportunities are offered in line with the annual staff PDR process.
Main duties of the job- To offer evidence-based, psychological interventions to children, young people & their families experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties, using a range of models & approaches depending on your experience & skills.
- To offer psychological assessment & consultation to clients & your colleagues to support good clinical decision making & effective care planning.
- To contribute to the wider work of the team through undertaking initial assessments, holding care co-ordination responsibilities for a small number of children/young people & being part of the duty rota (following an initial induction & shadowing period).
- To attend & contribute a psychological perspective to MDT meetings, case discussions & other regular staff spaces.
- As appropriate to your stage of development, to offer supervision &/or support to assistant & trainee clinical psychologists & colleagues within the MDT.
- To contribute to relevant teaching, training, audit & service development opportunities.
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”
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 apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
We have a reputation for being creative, innovative, forward thinking, dynamic and research led. We have a strong ethos of collaboration, shared reflection and team working, with various opportunities to learn from one another and support ongoing professional development.
The wellbeing of our administrative and clinical staff is top of our agenda; we have an active Wellbeing Team and regular opportunities for staff support. This includes reflective care space sessions for staff, supervision groups and monthly opportunities to socialise outside of work hours.
Our psychology team have a strong culture of working integratively. This includes CBT, 3rd wave approaches (inc. DBT-informed practice, ACT and CFT), and systemic practice. We believe understanding the context of the young person is fundamental to our work, and so will often need to work in ways that are theoretically very integrative to meet the needs of our heterogeneous population. Clinicians are encouraged to develop skills in a range of therapeutic approaches and to work autonomously to accommodate their interests in keeping with the needs of the client and the NICE guidelines.
As a service we are actively involved in developing our current service provision. This includes establishing a more trauma-informed offer for our young people and families and developing a package of responsive interventions. This is focused on ensuring access to support in a timely manner following referral. Linked to this development, there is the opportunity to get involved in service evaluation and research projects, if this is of interest.
Our Trust and the Oxford DClinPsy training course are keen to support psychologists in obtaining their BABCP accreditation if this is something they would like to work towards. Supervision and training opportunities are available in order to support this.
Training and development are a priority, and we support clinicians who want to challenge themselves and develop their knowledge and skill base. As a Trust we would like to support training in DNV-A and CBT Trauma Focused Therapy and there are opportunities for further development in modalities such as supervision skills and EMDR. Staff in the wider CAMHS teams are interested and proficient in a wide range of therapies and there is a good culture of skill sharing. All development opportunities will be considered through the PDR/Appraisal framework.
Person specification Knowledge Requirements Essential criteria- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with severe and complex mental health problems
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology and psychotherapy.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Doctoral level training in clinical/ counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Registration/Due to apply for registration with HCPC (or equivalent)
- • Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings
- 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 working within a multicultural framework.
- Experience of running/corunning groups.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Ability to travel between sites and to regional meetings.
- An awareness of own strengths and limitations
- A positive approach to working with adults children and young people with mental health difficulties.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Willingness to work flexibly.
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Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Dr. Clare Borsay
Title: Clinical Psychologist
Email: clare.borsay@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01865 904700