Job summary
Psychological Therapies - AMH Crisis & Community Sessions
Based at Woodlands Unit, Queen Marys Hospital and Erith Centre
12 month Fixed Term or Secondment Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to work full-time in an innovative role across two services in Bexley - Acute Inpatient and Community - to improve continuity of care for adult mental health clients. We wish to recruit an enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with a commitment to both multidisciplinary team working and working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The continuity role which sits across the two teams is now well-established and valued. You will be welcomed into a well-established and very supportive group of Oxleas Adult Mental Health psychological therapists.
The post is split equally across the Woodlands inpatient unit and the Bexley Intensive Case Management for Psychosis (ICMP) team.
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in delivering CBT for Psychosis and Family Interventions for Psychosis, or a willingness to develop these skills through training. Specialist supervision in CBT and Family Interventions for Psychosis is provided, and there is access to further training in these and other approaches. Oxleas has a vibrant CPD Programme and opportunities may be available to work in other areas as part of CPD.
Full time, part-time and Job Share applications will be considered for this role
Main duties of the job
The acute inpatient crisis service offers both direct evidence-based psychological interventions and indirect work to impact on wider environment. As a Band 8a Psychologist you would providepsychological assessment, brief crisis interventions to improve the care pathway into the community,group interventions,individualpsychological therapy and risk formulations,crisis planning, input to care planning and discharge planning,family interventions, reflective practice groups for staff.
The community-based part of therole in the ICMP involves continuing psychological input into clients' care as they move on from the ward into the local community team. The role also includes conducting complex psychological assessment for both CBT for Psychosis and Family Intervention as well as delivering one-to-one and group therapy, supervising trainee psychologists, assistant psychologists and qualified psychologists; offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to a range of wider services. There is potential for input also into a systemic family clinic linked to the service.
The successful candidates will join highly skilled multi-professional teams that offers mental health services across the London Borough of Bexley. The teams includes clinical and counselling psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health nurses and psychiatrists.
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
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is expected that the postholder will make a significant contribution to the staff teams via training, supervision, reflective practice, consultation and psychological formulation. This is welcomed by both teams, where psychology is highly valued.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and successful mental health and learning disability and community health trust providing services within the London boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley. The Trust has a large, well established and supportive psychological therapies service. This provides strong leadership and professional management and supports staff by prioritising supervision and continuing professional development.
Service-related research is encouraged and supported by providing protected time for these activities. There are strong links with Canterbury Christ Church University Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) Training Scheme. We have good working relationships with both managers and other senior clinicians, and psychological therapies are well represented at senior managerial and clinical levels.
Please review documents attached for full job description and person specification for this innovative post based across inpatient and community settings offering continuity of care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
It is expected that the postholder will make a significant contribution to the staff teams via training, supervision, reflective practice, consultation and psychological formulation. This is welcomed by both teams, where psychology is highly valued.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and successful mental health and learning disability and community health trust providing services within the London boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley. The Trust has a large, well established and supportive psychological therapies service. This provides strong leadership and professional management and supports staff by prioritising supervision and continuing professional development.
Service-related research is encouraged and supported by providing protected time for these activities. There are strong links with Canterbury Christ Church University Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) Training Scheme. We have good working relationships with both managers and other senior clinicians, and psychological therapies are well represented at senior managerial and clinical levels.
Please review documents attached for full job description and person specification for this innovative post based across inpatient and community settings offering continuity of care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Experience in working with psychosis
- Experience working in acute/crisis AMH settings
Skills
Essential
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training including training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level qualification
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Experience in working with psychosis
- Experience working in acute/crisis AMH settings
Skills
Essential
- Completion of further post-doctoral post-qualification specialist training including training in supervision of trainee clinical psychologists
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
Desirable
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Experience
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
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.
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
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.
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).
