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Senior Clinical / Counselling Psychologist - Inpatient NEW Oxford Posted today £55,690 - £62,68[...]

Oxford Health

Oxford

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GBP 37,000 - 47,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading health organization is seeking an HCPC registered Psychologist to join their team in Oxford. This role involves conducting psychological assessments and providing interventions in an inpatient setting. The ideal candidate will have doctoral-level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology and HCPC registration. Opportunities for career progression and ongoing training will be provided, fostering a supportive working environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Competitive pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts

Excellent CPD and training opportunities

Qualifications

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment across various care settings.
Ability to communicate complex information effectively.
Skills in clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

Conduct psychological assessments and time-limited interventions.
Facilitate team formulation sessions and reflective practice groups.
Consult with staff teams to promote psychological thinking.

Skills

Psychological assessments

Communication skills

Supervision

Education

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology

HCPC registration

Job overview

Are you an experienced HCPC registered Psychologist looking for a new opportunity?

We are looking for a friendly, compassionate, flexible and creative HCPC registered psychologist who enjoys working as a fully integrated member of the MDT in adult of working age acute inpatient wards.

You would work as part of Allen ward situated at Warneford Hospital site in Oxford. There is already a part time psychologist working on this ward along with a full time assistant psychologist. There would be opportunity to offer placements to trainees.

You would have a clear co-created job plan that is varied and flexible with a supportive and visible consultant psychologist on site. There would also be allocated time to pursue a special interest or develop skills that would be in line with the service.

This role is recognised as crucial in ensuring that patients get access to high quality psychological treatments within the adult inpatient wards. You will be a valued member of the team.

We are a fast growing service that encourages innovation. There are exciting plans for the service to be part research trials.

We offer excellent CPD and training opportunities to support career progression. We support flexible working, recognising the importance of a good work life balance and the need for your work to fit with external commitments.

Main duties of the job

Psychological assessments and time limited psychological interventions within an inpatient setting.
Facilitating team formulation sessions &reflective practice groups
Offering CPD workshops to multi-disciplinary staff.
Consultation and encouraging staff teams to think psychologically.
Attending and offering a psychological perspective in ward reviews and professional meetings.
Developing and facilitating groups on acute inpatient wards

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, 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

Training

Essential criteria

Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
HCPC registration

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Qualifications / training in clinical supervision
Eligible for BABCP accreditation

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including inpatient, outpatient, community, and day services 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 supervising others.

Desirable criteria

Experience of running / co-running groups.
Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
Experience of working in the NHS.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

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 non-professional groups.
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Evidence of continuing professional development as required by professional and accrediting bodies.

Other

Essential criteria

An interest in and positive approach towards working with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and independently.
Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
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.

Desirable criteria