Principal Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a kind, motivated and clinically skilled psychologist to join our acute male ward and PICU unit in the London Borough of Greenwich. We are looking for a psychologist who is able to lead and inspire, and who is wanting to contribute to the development of highly effective clinical teams.

The successful applicant will work closely with the multi-disciplinary based on the male acute wards to ensure that they are able to provide a range of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for our service users who are in crisis, and their support networks (including families and carers). The role will also involve working collegiately with clinical teams across the trust, service partners (e.g., third sector services), and other statutory services.

We actively encourage applications from current Band 8A psychologists who wish to develop their careers and would like to further develop their skills and leadership. Oxleas has developed an excellent reputation as a place to work. It was listed as one of the The Sunday Times top ten large organisations to work for in 2023, and also won the HSJ Trust of the Year Award in 2023. We are deeply proud of our culturally diverse workforce and our shared values of kindness, fairness and caring.

Main duties of the job

• Psychological assessment and intervention with service users who present in a state of psychological/ emotional crisis.  Individual therapeutic interests and preferences are promoted and will be actively supported with specialist supervision and training if aligned with directorate priorities (specifically trauma-informed care and family/systems working).
• Clinical work could involve crisis focused DBT, CBT, family/systemic interventions and trauma-focused, eg EMDR.  These would map onto psychotherapeutic pathways in the acute sector and community teams.
• Family support for patients carers
• Liaison and joint work with the multidisciplinary team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As the lead psychologist for the Acute male ward and PICU unit you will provide specialist psychological assessments and intervention to clients referred to the service. The work will be based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex psychological data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.

We would welcome applications from Psychological Therapists and Psychotherapists (including Systemic Psychotherapists) holding AFT, UKCP, BCP or BACP registrations.