# Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Pinewood House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pa inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 30 hours per week (9-5 (to include Tuesdays and Fridays))
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T11:45:52.963Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Woolwich/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Community_Mental_Health_Services/Adult_Community_Mental_Health_Services-v8318459
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8318459?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two experienced clinical psychologists with substantial experience of working in adult mental health settings to work in our community psychosis pathway.

We welcome applicants who enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are passionate about equal opportunities and client-centred care. You will lead on the delivery of psychological interventions for people with a diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar disorder, including groups, family and systemic interventions, and cognitive-behavioural therapy.

You will work closely with psychologists and psychological therapists in a supportive and innovative team, as well as psychology professionals in the family consultation, community rehabilitation, and autism services.

You will have regular supervision and access to trust-wide professional networks. There are possible opportunities to develop our links with local children and young people’s services and voluntary community and social enterprise organisations.

Greenwich offers a rich, culturally diverse and stimulating environment. We value our relationship with local training institutions and encourage our psychologists in continued professional development.

### Main duties of the job

To provide a psychology service to clients of the Community Psychosis Pathway.

You will be experienced in a range of clinical skills with clients with complex mental health issues, including group work, psychological assessments, family interventions, individual therapy, consultation, research and audit. You will be providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy with individuals, families and groups, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers, working within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Work experience

**Essential**

- Experience of psychological therapies in secondary care adult mental health
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of NICE concordant interventions for people with psychosis
- Experience of running groups
- Experience of working with families

### Registration and qualifications

**Essential**

- HCPC registered or equivalent

**Desirable**

- Completion of post qualification training in CBTp or FIP
- Further training in supervision, leadership or research

### Service Development and Research

**Essential**

- Experience of audit or service evaluation

**Desirable**

- Experience of published research or service evaluation

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1847)
- [privacy notice for staff (pdf, 268.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1659)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10641281)
- [important additional information for candidates (please read carefully) (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1656)

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