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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides 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. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

Contact

Address: Trust Headquarters; Warneford Hospital; Warneford Lane; Headington; Oxford; Oxfordshire; OX3 7JX
Contact Number: 01865 901000

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Ref: 267-IN6507618 Vacancy ID: 6507618

Principal Clinical Psychologist - High Wycombe

Closed for applications on: 13-Aug-2024 00:01

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 13-Aug-2024 00:01

Location

Site: Saffron House, High Wycombe
Address: Easton Street,
Town: High Wycombe
Postcode: HP11 1NH
Major / Minor Region: Oxfordshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 Per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: Clinical Psychology

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review that attached job description and person specification for a full overview of the main duties and role responsibilities.

All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

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 BPS.
Knowledge of legislation in relation to older people and mental health.
Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised neuropsychological assessment for dementia

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with older people.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent training in Counselling Psychology with evidence of specific training in neuropsychological assessment and working with older people) including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
Registered with HCPC
Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.

Desirable criteria

Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Post Qualification training and qualifications in relevant subject

Skills

Essential criteria

Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
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 non-professional groups.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and in patient settings.
Experience of working with a wide variety of clients, 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
Experience of working with older adults with mental health problems
Experience of working with clients with functional and with organic illnesses
Experience of neuropsychological assessment of dementia
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
Experience of teaching and training.
Experience of supervision of others.
Experience of working with complex neuropsychological presentations
Experience of working with families, carers and different care systems.

Desirable criteria

Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
Experience of working with complex trauma
Experience of providing supervision to others (e.g assistant psychologists, newly qualified psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists)

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

A positive approach to working with older adults
Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Willingness to develop skills in teaching and training others
Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.

Contractual Requirements

Essential criteria

Ability to travel across Buckinghamshire to provide patient care, attend meetings etc.
Access to own car
A valid driving license

Documents

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Dr Leah Clatworthy

Job title

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

07721734883

Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.