At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead psychological interventions for clients with psychosis or bipolar disorder in a supportive team.
- Company: Join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, a leader in community mental health care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a diverse work environment.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for service development and research.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in mental health while growing your career.
- Qualifications: HCPC registered with experience in adult mental health therapies.
The predicted salary is between 63665 - 70887 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist with substantial experience of working in adult mental health settings to work in our community psychosis pathway. We welcome applicants who enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are passionate about equal opportunities and client-centred care. You will lead on the delivery of psychological interventions for people with a diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar disorder, including groups, family work and cognitive-behavioural therapy. You will work closely with psychologists and psychological therapists in a supportive and innovative team. You will have regular supervision and access to trust-wide professional networks. There are possible opportunities to develop our links with local children and young people's services and voluntary community and social enterprise organisations. Bexley offers a rich, culturally diverse and stimulating environment. We value our relationship with local training institutions and encourage our psychologists in continued professional development.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a psychology service to clients and carers of the Community Psychosis Pathway.
- You will be experienced in a range of clinical skills with clients with complex mental health issues, including group work, psychological assessments, family interventions, individual therapy, consultation, research and audit.
- You will be providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy with individuals, families and groups, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.
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 Listen, We Care.
Job responsibilities
Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation.
Person Specification
- Registration and qualifications
- Essential: HCPC registered or equivalent
- Desirable: Further qualifications and/or training
- Work experience
- Essential: Experience of psychological therapies in secondary care adult mental health
- Essential: Experience of providing supervision
- Essential: Experience of NICE concordant interventions for people with psychosis
- Desirable: Experience of running groups
- Desirable: Experience of family work
- Service Development and Research
- Essential: Experience of audit or service evaluation
- Desirable: Experience of published research or service evaluation
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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