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Job overview
Are you an an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist seeking a new challenge?
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team and Maternal Mental Health Service. The right candidate will work across both teams to play a key role in clinical leadership and development, supervision and training.
We are looking for a skilled psychologist who can provide supervision and support the psychological assessment and therapy provision of more junior members of staff. You will have experience of working alongside a range of other professionals to provide specialist psychological advice and consultation regarding formulation and treatment.
Our ideal candidate will have experience of providing psychological assessment and intervention for adults in the perinatal period with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
Main duties of the job
This role is crucial in ensuring that patients get timely access to high quality specialist psychological treatments within the Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team. As part of the role, you will:
- Provide psychological assessment and intervention for adults with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties presenting in the perinatal period and their families in outpatient, community and inpatient settings as required. This may include the use of digital technology.
- Supervise and support the psychological assessment and interventions provided by assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists, CBT therapists and other clinical members of the team who provide psychologically based care and treatment.
- Provide ad hoc advice, consultation and supervision on clients’ psychological care to colleagues and other professionals as delegated by the Principal Clinical Psychologist.
- Propose and implement policy changes which may impact on other professionals working in the team.
You will excel at working autonomously, managing a caseload and exercising responsibility for systematic governance of psychological practice within a multidisciplinary team. You will be familiar with utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development.
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
Skills
Essential
- Complex/specialist methods of psychological assessment, formulation and treatment
- Effective communication of sensitive/complex information
- Multidisciplinary teamwork and consultation
Desirable
- Teaching/training
Experience
Essential
- Psychological assessment, formulation and treatment
- Variety of client groups, presenting problems, settings
- Supervision of others
Desirable
- Severe and/or complex mental health care
- Perinatal mental health care
- Running groups
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with relevant registration
- Evidence of CPD since qualifying
Desirable
- Further training relevant to working in perinatal mental health
- Further training/qualifications or experience in supervision, research methodology, staff training, other relevant fields
- Further training/qualifications in specific therapy modalities such as DBT, EMDR, BCT, VIG
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This advert is for Perinatal Senior Clinical or Counselling Psychologist with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £53,755 - £60,504 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Jul 2026.
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