Job summary
Are you seeking a new challenge in clinical psychology making a difference in the lives of vulnerable adults?
Do you have experience in working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a highly specialist level? We are currently recruiting a Clinical Psychologist on a fixed term contract basis within our Adult Eating Disorder Specialism based at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford. Adult Eating Disorders Step Care is a Tier 4 clinical model developed by the HOPE Provider Collaborative. The team will focus on people with eating disorders who meet the threshold for inpatient care. In some cases, admission will be prevented and in others, people will be stepped down to this model following a short inpatient admission. The AED Step Care maximizes the use of new technology, provides care close to home, reduces admission, length of stay, waiting times and provides earlier discharge from inpatient care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist expertise within the HOPE Provider Collaborative 'Step Care' eating disorders service model and highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment to patients referred to the service.
Integrated step care consists of three phases:
1. Starting well Pathway
2. Working Towards Recovery
3. Staying well Pathway
The model is underpinned by CBT-E and is fully integrated with community teams and inpatient services to offer a seamless service.
The responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
* Conduct specialized psychological assessments and formulations using complex data
* Make skilled evaluations to formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment or management of a patient's mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient's problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
* Be responsible for implementing a model of integrated stepped care based upon CBT-E and other psychological interventions.
* Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals to contribute directly to the patients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
* Ensure that all members of the treating team have access to a psychologically based framework/formulation for the understanding and care of patients of the service.
About us
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the "candidate guide to making an application" which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide 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
* Individual and Trust wide learning and development
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount
* Pension scheme
* Lease car scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health
* High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two evidence-based psychological therapies for the treatment of eating disorders (e.g. CBT-ED, FT-AN, MANTRA etc.)
Desirable
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
* Current registration with the HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist
* Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Desirable
* Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
Experience
Essential
* Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a highly specialist level within eating disorders or equivalent demonstrable experience working with eating disorder patients and families across the lifespan
* Post qualification experience of working with patients with eating disorders and their families
* Experience of clinical or professional supervision of trainee or assistant psychologists or other psychologists
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care coordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
Desirable
* Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of supervision of qualified clinical and/or counselling psychologists
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
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Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Cotswold House
Warneford Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7JX
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