Clinical Fellow - Interventional Psychiatry Service - Oxford
| Posting date: | 31 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £44,439.00 to £65,048.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £44439.00 - £65048.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 April 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7JX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9267-26-0380 |
Summary
The name Interventional Psychiatry Service reflects the new modalities of treatment for resistant affective disorders which are provided through what was formally the ECT service. These currently include ketamine, related rapidly acting antidepressants administered by a variety of routes, repetitive transcranial magnetic simulation (rTMS), transcranial direct current stimulation as well as electroconvulsive therapy.The service currently provides:1. ECT treatment on Tuesday and Friday mornings to between 0-10 patients (median 6)2. Ketamine treatment to Oxfordshire patients on Tuesday and Fridays (4-8 patients)3. NHS self-funded ketamine treatment on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays (27 patients a week)4. Psychotherapy groups for NHS and private patients5. A rTMS service at the SANE POWIC building6. Assessments of suitability for rTMS or ketamine treatment7. Follow-up of patients receiving ECT, rTMS or ketamine8. A one-stop shop assessment service for potential ECT outpatientsThe service operates a shared care arrangement with clinical teams, providing treatments in the IPS modalities and some further pharmacological advice. However, overall responsibility for clinical care of patients stays with referrers.The ketamine service is the best-established service for delivering ketamine in the UK and has treated over 400 patients with over 3,000 intravenous doses of ketamine and over 9,000 oral doses. Adjunctive psychotherapy includes a relational psychodynamic group for selected patients in the maintenance phase, and group preparation and integration sessions. The post holder may be involved in either or both of these.The post-holder will participate in developing new aspects of the service, research projects, a monthly peer support group, a fortnightly international journal club and an International Conference.Support for external training (eg in group psychotherapy, TMS) is provided depending on need and interest.The post-holder will work with the IPS staff and be supported and supervised by Professor McShane who leads the service.Responsibilities will be commensurate with competencies as established through external and internal training, including RCPsych ECT training events, GCP and research study specific training, ketamine-related CPD, rTMS training. The post holder will be supervised and directed by the IPS consultant.