(Part-Time) Principal Psychologist | Learning Disability Team

Job overview

Are you a highly skilled Principal Psychologist ready to make a significant impact? Or an experienced Senior Psychologist looking to step into a Principal role?

We welcome applications from psychologists across a range of clinical specialities - including mental health, neurodevelopmental services, forensic, and health psychology - who are motivated to develop their expertise in working with adults with learning disabilities.

We are seeking a clinician to join our dynamic Community Learning Disability Team. In this part-time role (22.5 hours per week), you will deliver a blend of direct therapeutic work and indirect consultation, supporting individuals and their networks across North and West Oxfordshire.

This role is ideal for those seeking a portfolio career or looking to combine NHS work with other professional interests.

We are open to appointing at Band 8a with a structured preceptorship to Band 8b for the right candidate. You will be supported through a clear development pathway including enhanced supervision, leadership development and defined progression milestones.

If you are new to learning disabilities, we offer structured support to help you build specialist knowledge and confidence in this area.

Our team is research active, offering opportunities to contribute to clinical trials and service innovation that influence practice locally and nationally.

Join us and help shape outstanding community care!

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Expertise: Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults with learning disabilities, using a range of evidence-based models tailored to individual needs.
• Consultation & Risk Management: Lead risk formulation and management planning through consultation with the multidisciplinary team and external services, providing specialist guidance to support safe, coordinated, and effective care.
• Psycho-Education & Training: Deliver training and support colleagues to work in a formulation-driven, evidence-based way, strengthening professional practice, managing risk, and improving long-term outcomes for service users.
• Embedding Psychological Thinking: Promote and embed psychological thinking across the multidisciplinary team, helping to develop a reflective, compassionate, and evidence-informed culture of care.
• Leadership & Career Development: Take on meaningful leadership responsibilities with support to develop leadership capability, offering clear opportunities to progress into more senior clinical or operational roles within Oxford Health.
• Research & Innovation: Contribute to a research-active department by supporting the design and delivery of clinical research and trials focused on interventions for people with learning disabilities.

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. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role. Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to hold HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.