Consultant Clinical Psychologist

This role would suit an innovative clinical psychologist from Older People's or Adult Mental Health, Neuropsychology or Physical Health services who has the experience and skill to provide senior leadership and oversight of psychological therapies in our Bexley OPMH Services (including a CMHT, Memory Service and Care Home Team). There is a broad range of clinical work from complex individual and group therapy, couple and family work and consultation, to neuropsychology and rehabilitation. The post-holder also links into Acute & Crisis services, including our Mental Health Liaison team, wards and home treatment team.
You will play a crucial role in helping to shape the future of OPMH psychological therapy services, demonstrating leadership in clinical practice, service development, supervision, training, and management. Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing the quality and reach of our services, ensuring that we provide the best possible evidence-based care to our service users, their families and support networks.
There are excellent working relationships within the teams and with senior managers within OPMH services and the Community Mental Health Directorate., Psychological Therapies are an established, highly valued specialty within OPMH services. This role is well supported by a team of Psychological therapists, including clinical psychologists, CBT, systemic and art therapists, at bands 8b to 4. We provide a range of therapies, including CBT, systemic, psychodynamic, art therapy, CAT, EMDR, SCM, DBT informed interventions, and third wave CBT approaches including Mindfulness and ACT.
Psychological Therapy services are very well respected within the wider Oxleas Trust and this is reflected in our Director of Therapies (Neil Springham, Art Psychotherapist) being a full member of the Board of the Trust alongside the Medical Director and Director of Nursing.
Psychological Therapies also have a key role to play in taking forward the Mental Health Transformation agenda and this post will contribute to that programme of development. Older People's services also comprise a dedicated and collaborative workforce. Overall, Oxleas is a warm and
supportive place to work., Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation
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Working for our organisation
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.
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 is 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
+ We're Fair
+ We Listen
+ We Care