Senior Psychotherapist & MBT Group Analyst; Part-Time

Job overview

Are you interested in an opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people with long-term mental health needs?

We are looking for a part time Senior Psychotherapist/Group Analyst to join our newly formed integrated Northeast Adult Mental Health Team, part of the North and West Oxfordshire Adult Mental Health Locality.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a new team and help shape the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care. You will work alongside experienced and supportive colleagues within the wider team of psychological professionals, including psychotherapists, psychologists, group analysts, CBT therapists, CAT therapists, and family therapists.

As part of our integrated multidisciplinary service, you will also have opportunities to work closely with psychiatrists, social workers, community psychiatric nurses, and other mental health professionals, supporting joined-up care for the people and communities we serve.

• Work as part of the locality psychological therapies team within the Adult Mental Health Team, seeing patients individually and in groups, providing formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems.
• Be responsible for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options considering both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning the patients mental health difficulties.
• Help co-facilitate MBT groups within our well-established countywide Mentalisation-Based Treatment (MBT) programme. Delivered in person from our Headington base in Oxford city.
• Provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to the wider Adult Mental Health Team to help develop their patients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Receive and provide professional clinical supervision for yourself and other appropriately trained psychological therapy staff.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation of the teams operational practices to ensure high quality, responsive and accessible services are available.

Please note that this role will require us to undertake a DBS check as a part of your onboarding.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast 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”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

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