Clinical Psychologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within the CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team in Oxfordshire. You will provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing severe or complex mental health crises, working closely with their families. The position involves autonomous work within a multidisciplinary team, offering consultation, advice, training, and supervision to colleagues. It requires travel across Oxfordshire and contribution to service development and evaluation.
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with severe and complex mental health problems
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology and psychotherapy
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
- Doctoral level training in clinical/ counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Masters/Diploma in CBT with a core qualification in a field of mental health, including psychiatric nursing, social work or occupational therapy
- Registration with HCPC or equivalent
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Expereience
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework. Experience of running/co-running groups
- Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the relevant professional body
- Willingness to work towards accreditation with accrediting body such as BABCP, SfDBT or ACAT
- A positive approach to working with Children, Young people and families experiencing mental health difficulties
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently & Flexibly
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour
- An awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Contractual Requirements or other requirements
- Ability to travel independently between community sites and to regional meetings.
- Knowledge Requirements
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients with severe and complex mental health problems
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology and psychotherapy
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health
- Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
- Doctoral level training in clinical/ counselling psychology including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Masters/Diploma in CBT with a core qualification in a field of mental health, including psychiatric nursing, social work or occupational therapy
- Registration with HCPC or equivalent
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications or experience in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Expereience
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, day services and inpatient settings
- Experience of w
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford Health NHS Trust
Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
Oxfordshire's Mental Health Urgent Care pathway is now established and comprises the Adult Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment, emergency department liaison services, and the mental health helpline.
The function of the CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Team is to provide patient-centred intensive care and treatment to patients and their families at home as an alternative to hospital admission. Crisis care is a highly specialist intervention and involves supporting our most vulnerable patients and their families in the least restrictive setting possible by providing a variety of recovery-focused psychosocial interventions that enable the person to regain or maintain independence.
The CAMHS CRHTT operates 24 hours a day, with core hours 08:00-20:00, and works closely with CAMHS community services, inpatient wards, children's social care, schools, local acute hospitals, and other emergency services (ambulance & police).
Successful post holders will be expected to actively contribute to the ongoing evaluation and development of interventions. We are proud to say our clinical model embodies the highest standards of care, with a key purpose of the service being our responsiveness (and excellence in patient care) to all aspects
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