Clinical Health Psychologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving department of Psychological Medicine in a large University Hospital NHS Trust. We are seeking clinical psychologists to provide provide input to the cleft psychology service, the prosthetics team, the acute spinal cord injury service and the staff psychological support service.

Please note: We are recruiting 1.8 WTE. Applicants may express an interest in one post, or in combining posts where this creates a suitable whole-time or part-time working pattern. Combinations of sessions/posts will be considered and discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

As an integral part of the above named multi-disciplinary teams, the clinical psychologists will be responsible for the provision of highly specialist assessments, evidence-based psychological interventions and consultancy services for children and adults with limb loss (or at risk of limb loss/amputation), cleft lip and/or palate and acute spinal cord injury. They will also provide input to staff working in OUH and experiencing work-related psychological difficulties.

The post holder will provide teaching and training alongside research and evaluation relevant to the above conditions.

Depending on the sub-specialty, the post holder will work closely with other health professionals (e.g. surgeons, physiotherapists, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, prosthetists, rehabilitation consultants and nurses) and will, at times, represent the team within the wider organisation. The post holder in staff support will work closely with psychological medicine colleagues in the team, alongside the trust well being services.

The post holder will be a valued member of the Psychological Medicine Centre which encompasses Clinical Health Psychology, Children's Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles

Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

Person specification

Training & experience

Essential criteria

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Experience of working with people with physical health conditions &/or staff support services

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of working with patients who may have a condition associated with a difference in appearance or physical function &/or knowledge of mental health difficulties commonly associated with the NHS workplace

Aplication and interview

Essential criteria

• must meet essential criteria

Desirable criteria

• Achieved grades

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• CHP mat cover 8a JD (PDF, 472.4KB)
• CHP mat cover 8a PS (PDF, 392.6KB)