A 12-month clinical health psychologist post within the Psychological Medicine department at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, covering 1.8 WTE across several services. The work centres on specialist assessment, evidence-based therapy and consultancy for people with limb loss, cleft lip and/or palate, or acute spinal cord injury, plus support for staff facing work-related psychological difficulties. Posts can be combined into a whole-time or part-time pattern. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology is essential.
What the job involves
- Carry out highly specialist psychological assessment and give a clinical opinion and case formulation to guide intervention or consultation, drawing on interview, observation, questionnaires, neuropsychological tests...
- Give opinion where professional views differ, and judge the significance of unreliable or missing data
- Provide evidence-based psychological interventions and consultancy for children and adults with limb loss or at risk of amputation, cleft lip and/or palate, and acute spinal cord injury
- Provide input to Trust staff experiencing work-related psychological difficulties
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams with surgeons, physiotherapists, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, prosthetists, rehabilitation consultants and nurses
- Represent the team within the wider organisation at times
- Provide teaching and training
- Carry out research and evaluation relevant to these conditions
- Work with psychological medicine colleagues and Trust wellbeing services in staff support
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration
Experience
- Experience of working with people with physical health conditions and/or staff support services
Nice to have
- Knowledge of working with patients who may have a condition associated with a difference in appearance or physical function
- Knowledge of mental health difficulties commonly associated with the NHS workplace
- Achieved grades
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
