Are you a Psychologist wanting to work with children and young people?
Come join our Specialist CAMHS service! This role allows you to develop and apply your specialist skills in a supportive, collaborative environment within the core CAMHS team. We are considering applicants at Band 7.
Why Join Us?
* Award-Winning Team: Join the team that won the Oxford Health Staff 2024 Flexible Team Award.
* Training & Development: Access a wide range of training, supervision, and special interest groups to enhance your skills in therapeutic interventions such as CBT.
* Supervision & Leadership: Engage in supervision, consultation, and leadership training to further your career development.
* Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work with a diverse team, including Consultant Psychologists, Psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists, CBT Trainees/Therapists, and Children's Wellbeing Practitioners.
What You'll Do:
* Collaborate with other professionals in delivering patient-focused care.
* Provide therapeutic interventions for children and young people.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of our multi-disciplinary team, which consists of Psychologists, Family therapists, Psychotherapists, Children's Wellbeing Practitioners, Psychiatrists, Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists, and in a team where a number of specialist clinics are offered eg LD, NDC, FT, ED, you will find plenty of opportunities to learn from colleagues and share expertise.
On a day-to-day basis, you will be undertaking mental health assessments, formulating, risk assessing and devising evidence-based care plans for children and young people (CYP). Collaborative working is key and we are proud of the relationships the team has with partner agencies including Salisbury District Hospital.
We have a strong psychology network and professional leadership across the 5 CAMHS teams in BSW (Bath and Northeast Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire) and strong links with the Doctoral Training course at Bath University.
About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles.
Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide 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"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount
Lease car scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups
Job responsibilities
Staff wellbeing is a top priority within our service and feedback from team members has been something that our team does particularly well. Were an incredibly supportive team, and so managers work alongside you to ensure that individual job plans are created to support you in ensuring caseloads are manageable and that you have the opportunity to develop special interests.
We undertake most of our clinical work on a face-to-face basis, but there is an opportunity for regular working from home dependent upon service needs and diary commitments.
For further information about the specifics of this role please see the job description and person specification in the documents section. Wed love to hear from you if youd like to find out more and discuss this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctoral level training in clinical psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology
* Current HCPC registration as a Clinical Psychologist
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
* Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the HCPC
Experience
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of CAMHS clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
* Experience of working in eating disorder clinics
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.
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpro rata - based on experience. Plus an incentive scheme £3,500
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