Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job summary

Adult Community and Mental Health Directorate (Bexley)

Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Band 7 1.0 WTE, permanent contract

Bexley ICMP (Psychosis and Bipolar team)

We are seeking enthusiastic candidates for an exciting vacancy within Bexley secondary care mental health. This post is suitable for a newly qualified psychologist or existing Band 7 candidates looking for diverse experiences in an alternative setting.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with experienced psychological therapists where there is ample opportunity for continued professional development and specialist training courses. We welcome applicants who enjoy working closely alongside other disciplines and within a context where multiple psychological approaches are valued.

You will work with people with different backgrounds and will ideally be passionate about equal opportunities and client-centred care. Working with clients within a secondary care team, you will have an opportunity to develop experience and skills and specialist skills in psychological interventions in working with this client group.

We especially wish to develop family and group work in the teams. The post holder will work collaboratively with teams in different clinical contexts including group work, assessments, systemic and family consultations and individual therapy. They will receive regular specialist supervision and access to networks to support their professional development. If desired, there are also opportunities to gain experience in different teams including our local Family Therapy service.

The locality bases are in Erith. As a London borough, Bexley offers a rich, culturally diverse and stimulating environment and the post will receive the outer London weighting.

About us

Oxleas - About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Erith Centre

Park Crescent

Erith

DA8 3EE

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Erith Centre

Park Crescent

Erith

DA8 3EE

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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