Job summary
We are looking for an 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join the Buckinghamshire Adult ASD and ADHD Services
We are eager to hear from psychologists who are keen to work in autism and ADHD diagnosis and intervention. You will have knowledge and experience of working with this client group, a desire to provide a high-quality service and be a part of our enthusiastic team. This would also be an ideal opportunity for someone about to qualify, or recently qualified, looking for a band 7-8a preceptorship development opportunity.
The successful applicant will join a small but supportive and skilled multi-disciplinary team. Roles in the team include psychiatry, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and psychology, including an embedded Reasonable Adjustments Service. We will provide opportunities for training in autism and ADHD diagnosis and will support you to develop your skills in therapeutic work with autistic people and those with ADHD. You will work closely with an experienced consultant clinical psychologist who will provide supervision and support as you progress in your career. In addition, the team has close links with CMHTs, inpatient wards, Social Care and other mental health services.
We welcome conversations, or visits to our modern purpose-built base at The Whiteleaf Centre, in Aylesbury.
Main duties of the job
This will be an interesting and varied role. The 8a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist will provide autism diagnostic assessments and assessments for ADHD as well as assisting with triage and waiting list management.
In addition, the psychologist will provide psychological assessments and interventions, in group and individual formats, using CBT, ACT, CFT and other relevant models.
The post holder will also be working with the patients and teams towards co-produced service growth and development as well as being involved in supervising trainees and assistant psychologists.
In the post you will receive expert clinical supervision and management support and will have access to a wide range of CPD activities alongside a strong network of psychological therapists in Buckinghamshire. There are excellent opportunities for service development, service evaluation/research and teaching/training. The service has close links with the Oxford Institute of Clinical Psychology Training and Research and regularly has trainees doing clinical placements and research.
We are happy to support flexible working hours to fit with work life balance aspirations and external commitments.
Job responsibilities
1. To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data, from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care, as appropriate and commensurate with competencies.
2. To plan and implement formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods of proven efficacy.
3. To implement a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
4. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
5. To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
6. To provide specialist psychological advice guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
7. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
8. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Doctoral Level training in clinical or counselling psychology, or due to qualify in 2024
* Registered as a practitioner psychologist with HCPC or eligible for registration in 2024
Desirable
* Qualifications, training and/or experience in clinical supervision
Knowledge
Essential
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation and intervention
* Well-developed communication skills, written and orally to convey clinically sensitive information to clients and their families, and to professional colleagues and teams
* Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology
Desirable
* Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with people with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties
Experience
Essential
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
* Experience of working in the NHS or social care
Desirable
* Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Whiteleaf Centre
Bierton Road
Aylesbury
HP20 1EG
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