Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Urgent Care (Developmental Post)

Are you a Psychologist looking for a step up? Or wanting a change of pace in your clinical work? We're recruiting a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly, skilled, and developing Urgent Care Pathway in Buckinghamshire. This role is designed for someone who is newly qualified and looking to develop into an 8a position through focused mentoring and supervision.

Working clinically within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT), you will be based in Aylesbury but may be requested to support service users alongside the High Wycombe team.

You will be expected to provide direct interventions including:

• Assessment and Formulation
• Brief Psychological Therapy
• Indirect Interventions supporting the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team

There may be scope for you to embark upon slightly longer courses of intervention if that would more effectively prepare service users to access the next stage of their psychological therapy pathway.

The role will require you to work with service users directly face to face and support psychosocial intervention work of colleagues. As the Psychologist, you will be supporting service users at a crucial point in their lives. This is a rewarding and creative role, one which has the potential to have a significant positive impact on a person’s life.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Leadership: Support clinical leadership within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT), ensuring model fidelity and best practice adoption.
• Psychological Assessment and Intervention: Conduct highly specialised psychological assessments and interventions for adults with severe and/or complex mental health difficulties.
• Supervision and Support: Supervise and support assistant psychologists, doctoral trainees, and other clinical team members in providing psychologically based care and treatment.
• Support Service Development: Develop, coordinate, and ensure the systematic provision of a psychological service to the Buckinghamshire Crisis Resolution and Psychiatric Liaison teams.
• Research and Governance: Utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development, and propose policy changes impacting the team.

The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health, and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics, and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team.” Our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent.” At Oxford Health, we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing, including:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression.
• Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development.
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service.
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants, and retailers.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Lease car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Mental Health First Aiders.
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply).
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed, and whose values resonate with our own. Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.