Oxford Health NHS Trust

Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Adult Eating Disorder Service

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Job summary

Are you an HCPC registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist looking for a new role where you can make a difference to a developing service?

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our Adult Eating Disorders Service (AEDS) on a part-time basis (18.75 hours per week). Based at the Sue Nicholls Centre in Aylesbury, you will be delivering a high-quality, specialist psychological care to adults with complex eating disorders. You'll provide assessments, evidence-based interventions (e.g., CBT-ED), and consultation, while also contributing to service development and staff training across Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

You'll be supporting junior staff and trainees, develop innovative care pathways, and contribute to audit and research projects to enhance service delivery. Your expertise will be central to delivering compassionate, patient-focused care and driving excellence in clinical outcomes.

If you are a skilled psychologist with a passion for supporting individuals affected by eating disorders, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of mental health care as part of a supportive and forward-thinking team.

This role requires travel between community locations, so you must be comfortable driving for work and able to travel freely within working hours. Applicants must have a valid driving licence and access to a vehicle. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. These will include psychological and psychometric tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the patient's care.
  • Make skilled evaluations to formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a patient's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient's problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
  • Implement a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups within and across the Adult Eating Disorder service, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, informed by different exploratory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
  • Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individuals, family or group.

Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties

About us

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 team

Details

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM6778500-B

Job locations

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


Job description

Job responsibilities

The primary focus for this role is to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical or counselling psychology service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring, and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour.

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The primary focus for this role is to ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical or counselling psychology service to clients with complex mental health problems including severe, enduring, and multiple disorders, and challenging behaviour.

Please refer to the job description and guidance notes attached for further information on this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
  • Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
  • Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Desirable

  • High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist within Adult Mental Health Service
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
  • Experience of supervision of junior and/or trainee psychologists.

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within Adult Eating Disorder Service.
  • Experience of running groups.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Experience of or qualified in CBT-E or MANTRA
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models of psychopathology and psychometrics, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
  • Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
  • Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Desirable

  • High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist within Adult Mental Health Service
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings
  • Experience of supervision of junior and/or trainee psychologists.

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist within Adult Eating Disorder Service.
  • Experience of running groups.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
  • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • Experience of or qualified in CBT-E or MANTRA

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Lead

Kirstie Swan

kirstie.swan@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

01865901091

Details

Date posted

08 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-BM6778500-B

Job locations

Sue Nicholls Centre

Bierton road

Aylesbury

HP20 1EG


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