Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical/Counselling Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-OA7251038
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Slade House,
- Town
- Headington, Oxford,
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Perinatal Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Band 8a
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 an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist seeking a new challenge?
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and Maternal Mental Health Service. The right candidate will work across both teams to play a key role in clinical leadership and development, supervision and training.
We are looking for a skilled psychologist who can provide supervision and support the psychological assessment and therapy provision of more junior members of staff. You will have experience of working alongside a range of other professionals to provide specialist psychological advice and consultation regarding formulation and treatment.
Our ideal candidate will have experience of providing psychological assessment and intervention for adults in the perinatal period with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
This role is crucial in ensuring that patients get timely access to high quality specialist psychological treatments within the Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team. As part of the role, you will:
- Provide psychological assessment and intervention for adults with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties presenting in the perinatal period and their families in outpatient, community and inpatient settings as required. This may include the use of digital technology.
- Supervise and support the psychological assessment and interventions provided by assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, CBT therapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- Provide ad hoc advice, consultation and supervision on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and other professionals as delegated by the Principal Clinical Psychologist.
- Propose and implement policy changes which may impact on other professionals working in the team.
You will excel at working autonomously, managing a caseload and exercising responsibility for systematic governance of psychological practice within a multidisciplinary team. You will be familiar with utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development.
Working for our organisation
We offer excellent supervision, CPD and training opportunities to support the role and individual career progression, and have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health that includes Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy (OCTC) and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training and Research, which is hosted by the Trust. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry and Department of Experimental Psychology.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with relevant registration
- Evidence of CPD since qualifying
Desirable criteria
- Further training relevant to working in perinatal mental health
- Further training/qualifications or experience in supervision, research methodology, staff training, other relevant fields
- Further training/qualifications in specific therapy modalities such as DBT, EMDR, BCT, VIG
Skills
Essential criteria
- Complex/specialist methods of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment
- Effective communication of sensitive/complex information
- Multidisciplinary teamwork and consultation
Desirable criteria
- Teaching/training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Psychological assessment, formulation and treatment
- Variety of client groups, presenting problems, settings
- Supervision of others
Desirable criteria
- Severe and/or complex mental health care
- Perinatal mental health care
- Running groups
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
- Emmy Goodby
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07827 939488
- Additional information
Caren Duley, Team Manager: 01865 902911
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