Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Specialist Psychological Therapist
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Exciting Opportunity for a Band 8 a Clinical /Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 8 a Clinical /Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist to work in a primary care hub partnership delivered by Oxleas NHS Foundation trust, SEL Mind and Bridge Mental Health.
About the Role
The mental health hub offers a collaborative and holistic approach and range of psycho social interventions in order to prevent major mental health problems. Psychologists develop and oversee psycho education/wellbeing programmes and evaluate these as well as advising primary care staff on complex cases. Applicants with an interest in developing new ways of working and incorporating systemic ideas and models into clinical practice will be welcome.
The service is delivered in collaboration with psychological therapists working in the mental health hubs in Bexley and Bromley and will be linking with new Integrate Neighbourhood teams as these are set up.
Responsibilities
- Work with people with different backgrounds and should be committed to equal opportunities.
- Supervise a team of assistant psychologists who deliver and evaluate group programmes.
- Work closely with NHS talking therapies service, GPs and secondary care psychological therapies to ensure clients access appropriate interventions.
- Carry out complex assessments and advise other clinical staff in the hub on formulation and psychological interventions.
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About the Organisation
Greenwich is a culturally diverse borough with the potential to develop innovative services. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has consistently achieved high ratings in quality assessments, patient, and staff surveys with a culture of supporting staff whilst providing excellent services within a robust clinical governance framework.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
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We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose
To Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families. This Is Strengthened By Our New Values
- We’re Kind
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- We Listen
- We Care
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Lucy Hickey
- Job title: Head of Psychological Therapies in Primary Care
- Email address: lucy.hickey1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07789 615536
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