Highly Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist: Sponsorship Available

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist with substantial experience of working in adult mental health settings to work in our community psychosis pathway.We welcome applicants who enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and are passionate about equal opportunities and client-centred care. You will lead on the delivery of psychological interventions for people with a diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar disorder, including groups, family work and cognitive-behavioural therapy.

You will work closely with psychologists and psychological therapists in a supportive and innovative team.

You will have regular supervision and access to trust-wide professional networks. There are possible opportunities to develop our links with local children and young people’s services and voluntary community and social enterprise organisations.

Bexley offers a rich, culturally diverse and stimulating environment. We value our relationship with local training institutions and encourage our psychologists in continued professional development.

Main duties of the job

To provide a psychology service to clients and carers of the Community Psychosis Pathway.

You will be experienced in a range of clinical skills with clients with complex mental health issues, including group work, psychological assessments, family interventions, individual therapy, consultation, research and audit.You will be providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy withindividuals, families and groups, at the same time as offering advice and consultationon clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, nonprofessional carers, working within the overall framework of the team’s policies andprocedures.

Person Specification

Registration and qualifications

Essential

  • HCPC registered or equivalent

Desirable

  • Further qualifications and/or training

Work experience

Essential

  • Experience of psychological therapies in secondary care adult mental health
  • Experience of providing supervision
  • Experience of NICE concordant interventions for people with psychosis

Desirable

  • Experience of running groups
  • Experience of family work

Service Development and Research

Essential

  • Experience of audit or service evaluation

Desirable

  • Experience of published research or service evaluation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 28 September 2026

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