Principle Clinical/Counselling psychologist/CBT/psychotherapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

This is a newly created leadership role within the Greenwich ADAPT (Anxiety, Depression, Personality Disorder and Trauma) Secondary Care team. You will be joining a diverse team of psychologists, psychotherapists and CBT therapists.

Our primary interventions at present are primarily (short and long term) group based and include MBT, CBT, Psychotherapy as well as the team approach of SCM. We offer a small amount of EMDR in the service, which we are expanding.

We hope to set up a DBT service in the Autumn and this post holder will act as the Clinical Lead for this and so experience in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy or DBT would be desirable but not essential. The post holder will lead on the development and evaluation of this pilot DBT service.

The post holder will also be responsible for supporting the consultant clinical psychologist with managing Response To Treatment times of 18 weeks from referral to treatment as well as holding a clinical caseload.

Other leadership opportunities will be available such as representing ADAPT psychology at business meetings.

Main duties of the job

To act as the clinical lead in developing, implementing and evaluating a pilot DBT service

Integrating with the wider MDT and providing a psychologically informed perspective at clinical meetings

Manage the Response to treatment times alongside the consultant clinical psychologist

Provision of clinical supervision and reflective practice as required

Provision of psychological assessment, report writing and interventions (across a range of client groups and interventions)

To manage the delivery and development of the services group programme ensuring that high quality, evidence based care is delivered in a timely way.

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

20 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,408 to £73,961 a year pro rata pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

277-6295135-CMH

Job locations

The Heights

68 The Heights

Charlton

SE7 8JH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Or Registration within a core mental health profession (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, OT) and BABCP accreditation as a Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist/ psychotherapist

Recognised supervision training.

Post-doctoral training in relevant specialist areas of Clinical Psychology or CBT.

Leadership or management training

Job description

Job responsibilities

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Or Registration within a core mental health profession (e.g. nursing, psychology, social work, OT) and BABCP accreditation as a Cognitive-Behavioural Therapist/ psychotherapist

Recognised supervision training.

Post-doctoral training in relevant specialist areas of Clinical Psychology or CBT.

Leadership or management training

Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • 4 years post qualification experience
  • work with PD

Desirable

  • Training and experience in mindfullness / DBT
  • Experience of service development

professional registration

Essential

  • HCPCC/ BABCP reg

experience in supervision

Essential

  • Has provided clinical supervision
Person Specification

essential

Essential

  • 4 years post qualification experience
  • work with PD

Desirable

  • Training and experience in mindfullness / DBT
  • Experience of service development

professional registration

Essential

  • HCPCC/ BABCP reg

experience in supervision

Essential

  • Has provided clinical supervision

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Heights

68 The Heights

Charlton

SE7 8JH


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Heights

68 The Heights

Charlton

SE7 8JH


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Emily Turton

emilyturton@nhs.net

Date posted

20 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,408 to £73,961 a year pro rata pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

277-6295135-CMH

Job locations

The Heights

68 The Heights

Charlton

SE7 8JH


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