Senior Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist
Oxford
Part Time
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum | pro rata
Expires: 17/11/2026
Band 8a
Permanent
About the Role
Job overview
Are you an experienced Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist seeking a new opportunity in a critical service?
We are looking for a senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly and supportive team at Cotswold House Oxford on a part time basis.
We are a specialist eating disorder inpatient service, providing evidence-based care to patients and their loved ones. We offer a range of programmes and treatments which are individualised to support patients' recovery, and their return to independent living, work, training or study.
We welcome applicants who are passionate about working with people with eating disorders, who are interested in service development and improvement, and who would like to be part of our well-established and experienced team.
Main duties of the job
- Contribution to care provision of patients, providing consultation to the multidisciplinary team and ongoing support to create psychologically-informed care and treatment plans
- Undertake specialist psychological assessment
- Deliver individual and group psychological interventions
- Involvement in the ward leadership team to assist with service improvement and implement service changes, and supervise doctoral trainee clinical psychologists, Band 7 therapists, and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically-based care and treatment
- To provide advice and consultation to colleagues, as well as to
our community partners and stakeholders - To propose and implement policy changes which may impact on other professionals working in the inpatient ward
Working for our organisation
Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.
Give yourself the best chance of success by reviewing our Applicant Guide before applying. Your supporting statement should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Oxford Health delivers physical, mental health and social care services across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our vision is "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team", and our values are Caring, Safe and Excellent.
We are proud to offer a supportive working environment with opportunities for career progression, learning and development, generous annual leave, pension benefits, wellbeing initiatives and staff networks
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
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with people eating disorders.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Accreditation with the BABCP, or willingness to work towards accreditation.
- Qualifications/training in clinical supervision.
Further Training or Job-Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with eating disorders.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of running/co-running groups.
Documents to Download
IJES 96734 Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist JDPS (PDF, 318.2KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact Details
Name: Emma Clarkson
Title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01865 902534