We are in need of an experienced and innovative Family Therapist to join our service at Consultant level. This pivotal role will contribute to the ongoing development of psychological therapies within the integrated Adult Mental Health Teams (AMHTs) in Oxfordshire.
As a Consultant Family Therapist, you will play a crucial role in helping to shape the future of adult mental health services in Oxfordshire, 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 care to our patients and their families.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with extensive clinical experience, providing clinical leadership, service development, supervision, training and management.
You will be working closely with other senior Psychological Therapists and Adult Mental Health Team colleagues, together with the Clinical and Professional Lead, to develop and deliver the clinical service model, with a particular focus on the ongoing development of our family therapy clinic, which take referrals for adults across Oxfordshire. The clinic also offers opportunities to trainee clinical psychologists and trainee doctors as well as other health care professionals.
One day a week will be working with the South Oxfordshire locality, the remaining days will have a focus on the delivery of the family clinic.
You will engage in multidisciplinary team meetings, triage case consultations, and joint initiatives, fostering an environment where diverse perspectives are respected and integrated into our service delivery.

Working for our organisation
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"
We offer great CPD and training opportunities and have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training, which is hosted by the Trust. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry. We also collaborate with Oxford Brookes University, Buckinghamshire New University, and the University of Bath.
We provide excellent opportunities for professional development to help you consolidate your therapy skills in a focused and supported way, monthly opportunities to meet psychological therapy colleagues from across the county for reflective practice groups and clinical updates.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be part of the Psychological Therapies Leadership Team who ensure that we remain at the forefront of psychological therapy excellence.
Your expertise will be vital in shaping the future of our services, implementing innovative approaches, and maintaining the high standards of patient care. Your role will also involve collaboration with a diverse team of professionals, fostering a supportive work environment.
If you believe you have the qualities we are looking for, we encourage you to apply and contribute to our vision of delivering exceptional psychological care.
+ All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
+ Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
+ We're advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
+ Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
+ We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
+ We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
+ Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

Band 8c
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.