Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist/Snr CBT Therapist

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Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a highly skilled, innovative and experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist, or Senior CBT Therapist, to provide operational, clinical and professional leadership in conjunction with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist across our two Intensive Case Management for Psychosis (ICMP) and Community Mental Health Rehabilitation and Enablement Service (CMHRES) Teams. The post holder will take a lead role in managing the provision of psychological therapy in the teams and providing clinical leadership within the Bromley psychosis pathway.

Main duties of the job

Working with and reporting to the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, the postholder will provide skilled and experienced leadership for the psychological therapies staff in the teams and join senior clinical staff in the teams to oversee the provision and development of the psychological therapies service and wider psychological and trauma-informed practice in the service. The postholder will ensure the systematic provision of a high quality specialist psychological therapies service across the Bromley ICMP and CMHRES teams.

To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other psychologists and other clinical members of the service who provide psychologically-based care and treatment.

To provide consultation and reflective practice and incident debriefs to the service and to facilitate team working, psychologically informed practice, trauma-informed care and appropriate treatment pathways to optimise service user journey and experience across service transitions.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. 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 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, 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

Date posted

25 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,408 to £73,961 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-5995489-CMH

Job locations

Oxleas Mental Health Services, Carlton Parade

1-6 Carlton Parade

Orpington

BR6 0JB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation

Person Specification

Essential

Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or BABCP accredited CBT Therapist
Post qualification experience in working with people with psychosis and bipolar affective disorder
Substantial post qualification experience of working in community mental health settings
Post qualification training in therapy approaches specific to working with people with psychosis and bipolar

Desirable

Wide experience of clinical and professional supervision in MDT settings
Postgraduate Qualifications in CBTp and FIp
Experience of developing service user involvement
Experience of working on equality, diversity and inclusion issues with staff and clients

Person Specification

Essential

Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or BABCP accredited CBT Therapist
Post qualification experience in working with people with psychosis and bipolar affective disorder
Substantial post qualification experience of working in community mental health settings
Post qualification training in therapy approaches specific to working with people with psychosis and bipolar

Desirable

Wide experience of clinical and professional supervision in MDT settings
Postgraduate Qualifications in CBTp and FIp
Experience of developing service user involvement
Experience of working on equality, diversity and inclusion issues with staff and clients

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxleas Mental Health Services, Carlton Parade

1-6 Carlton Parade

Orpington

BR6 0JB

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxleas Mental Health Services, Carlton Parade

1-6 Carlton Parade

Orpington

BR6 0JB

Employer's website

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