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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
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
Assistant Psychologist
Accepting applications until: 03-Nov-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 03-Nov-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- City East Oxford Primary Care Mental Health Hub.
- Cyfeiriad
- 141-145 Cowley Road
- Tref
- Oxford
- Cod post
- OX4 1HU
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 18 months (fixed term)
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 4)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Psychology and psychological therapies
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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Are you looking for a career in mental health and keen to build your clinical experience?
We have an opportunity for an Assistant Psychologist to join our Oxford City locality Keystone Primary Care Mental Health Team, working across East Oxford.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills including intervention and assessment skills within the multidisciplinary Keystone hubs. You will have the opportunity to co facilitate CBT based groups, work with people individually using guided self-help and assess and develop care plans for people experiencing significant mental health difficulties.
Previous assistants within the team have successfully gone on to train as Clinical or Counselling Psychologists, or have secured other assistant psychologist roles within the NHS.
Please note that as we anticipate a high volume of applicants for these roles, the advert may close before the advertised date. We therefore recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.
It is important that you have a driving license and access to a car during the working day, or that you are able to navigate how you will be able to travel between bases and client homes as required for the role (noting that much of the county may not be accessible by public transport).
Advert
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full-time Assistant Psychologist within Oxford City Locality Keystone Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT).
This is a new post and you will be part of the development of new MDT, as part of the Community Mental Health Framework. You will be working in an integrated primary care setting, and will enjoy the chance to be part of an interdisciplinary team of colleagues from across mental health services, voluntary and community sectors.
- Play a key role in providing holistic, trauma-informed care to people with serious mental health conditions. You must be organised, self-motivated and have excellent interpersonal skills.
- Be responsible for collecting and reporting outcome data, and for managing Excel spreadsheets and other databases - therefore, you must have excellent Excel and database skills.
- Be responsible for carrying out triage and assessments, under the supervision of qualified staff.
- Be responsible for carrying out guided-self help and psychoeducation interventions, under the supervision of qualified staff.
- Be responsible for co-facilitating psychological therapy groups together with qualified staff, as well as evaluating and auditing these.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
- 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
Person specification
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Psychology degree (2.1. or above; BPS accredited).
- Experience of working within NHS mental health clinical teams for one year
- Confident presentation style for deliver to large groups
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems and disabilities
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships including telephone work with clients.
- Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance.
- Good computer skills and the ability to use computer based information systems to record all client clinical information.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience co facilitating psychological therapy groups
- Experience of conducting assessment and interventions within a psychology team
- Experience of working with SMI presentations
- Experience of using clinical supervision
- Experience of use of CBT based interventions.
- Experience of undertaking client assessment including risk assessment
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
- High degree of organisational skills, ability to adjust priorities.
- Good computer skills and the ability to use computer based information systems to record all client clinical information.
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Experience of undertaking client assessment including risk assessment
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of working within NHS mental health clinical teams for one year
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems and disabilities
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Confident presentation style for deliver to groups
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Good computer skills and the ability to use computer based information systems to record all client clinical information.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Natalie Barnes
- Teitl y swydd
- Senior Locality Lead
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01865 904873
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