Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible required for one late evening per week)
- Job ref
- 267-OA7224047
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Abell House, Slade Site / Manzil Way
- Town
- Headington
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum | Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Band 7
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.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) seeking a step new opportunity within a well established team?
An opportunity has arisen within Oxfordshire Talking Therapies (OTT) for a Lead PWP to join our service. This role would be best suited to an experienced PWP wishing to further develop into management and leadership. We are seeking an experienced therapist with a supervision qualification and accredited LTC/PPS top up training. We are a well-established team with a great reputation for providing a full range of high-quality evidence-based treatment and interventions for patients with anxiety/depression, with and without long term physical health conditions.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive and innovative service, your ideas and creativity would be welcomed in contributing to the ongoing development of our step 2 team.
We offer excellent supervision and CPD and training to support career progression. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with Oxford Academic Health Science Network, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Department of Experimental Psychology.
Main duties of the job
The Lead PWP’s report to the Step 2 Lead providing robust and clear leadership across localities within the OTT service and the PWP team. They will also work in consultation with the Deputy Clinical Lead and Head of Service/Clinical Lead for OTT. This role would be based in our city locality.
The responsibilities of the role include:
- Contribute to the smooth running of the service by ensuring timely access to assessment, intervention or onward referral (if required).
- Provide management and clinical supervision to team members as agreed with the Step 2 Team Lead and operational managers and ensure all staff have access to management and clinical supervision.
- Participate in the recruitment and induction of new staff as required.
- Assist in establishing appropriate management systems and structures to ensure that all staff receive appropriate supervision, appraisal, training and induction
The Lead PWP will hold an important role in implementing agreed plans to address and meet commissioned targets and contribute and ensure the smooth, effective and safe provision of the day to day running of the Step 2 service. You will contribute to the delivery of Day Supervision for the PWP team on a weekly basis and will deputise in the absence of the Step 2 Lead.
The role also includes provision of case management supervision to Senior PWPs and line management supervision to Senior and/or supervising PWPs as well as holding a clinical caseload.
Working for our organisation
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, 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”
At Oxford Health 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 may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Post grad Cert in Evidence Based Psychological Treatment - IAPT pathway
- IAPT accredited PWP supervisor training
- IAPT PWP LTC/PPS top up training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Substantial experience of providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to a wide range of patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching and training CBT theory and skills to other professional and non-professional groups
- Experience of supervising therapeutic group work
- Experience of working within IAPT service
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good organisational and time management skills, ability to plan and prioritise own workload
- 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
- Ability to collect routine data and use electronic audit and case management tools in an accurate and timely fashion
- Experience of providing line management within the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Balster
- Job title
- Step 2 Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 901222
- 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.
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