Principal Child Psychotherapist - CAMHS - High Wycombe
Band 8b
Main area Child Psychotherapy Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week Job ref 267-BM7105799
Site Saffron House Town High Wycombe Salary £62,215 - £72,293 per annum | pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/04/2025 23:59
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 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.
Job overview
Do you want to further your skills in Leadership in a supportive and experienced team?
We're recruiting a Principal Child Psychotherapist to lead on developing child psychotherapy in Buckinghamshire, as well as make a significant contribution to clinical thinking in the service.
To be successful, you should be a highly skilled clinician and have a passion about supporting and developing other clinicians, as about working with complex clients. You will provide supervision to qualified child psychotherapists and trainees across the county and offer clinical expertise to the wider team.
You will be based in our High Wycombe Getting More Help Team, which is a reflective and supportive multidisciplinary team where you will have a protected child psychotherapy caseload.
Main duties of the job
* To take a lead in developing child psychotherapy within Buckinghamshire.
* To provide a high quality specialist child and adolescent psychotherapy service to clients with complex mental health needs.
* To offer advice, consultancy, training and supervision to other CAMHS staff and take a lead role in the MDT as principal child psychotherapist.
* To offer service supervision to ACP Child Psychotherapy Trainees.
* To contribute to service development, research and audit, as appropriate.
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.
Working for our organisation
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
* 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
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* ACP membership
Knowledge
* Advanced knowledge & skills in psychoanalytic psychotherapy - in relation to CYP MH
Experience
* Extensive experience working as a specialist Psychotherapist in CAMHS
* Significant experience working as a member of a core MH profession
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.
Name Miriam Creaser Job title Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Email address miriam.creaser@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number 01865 904105 Additional information
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