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.

Are you passionate about providing high-quality holistic care to people who need mental health support?

As part of our commitment to improving access to mental health services across Oxfordshire we are implementing multi-disciplinary hubs to make it easier for patients (18+) to obtain the help they need, when they need it, within their community.

The hub teams will support primary care in offering enhanced mental health assessment and support to people with serious mental health conditions, facilitating early intervention, supporting recovery, and helping them to live well in their community. 

As part of a network of psychological therapists you will lead the development and delivery of psychosocial interventions within an Integrated Community Mental Health pathway. The pathway will have robust community partnership networks, to address the needs of adults and older adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI). 

You will support the hub team to focus services in local communities and local GP practices to help rebuild and reconnect healthcare teams across the communities they serve. 

You will provide targeted care according to the needs of the population, supporting delivery of the Community Mental Health Framework, PCN clinical strategy and the NHS Long Term Plan. 

Partnership and integration are key to the success of transforming mental health services so if you have the knowledge, skills, and passion for implementing change we welcome your application.

We offer CPD and training to support career progression, have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health that includes Oxford Centre for Cognitive Therapy (OCTC) 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 and Department of Experimental Psychology. We also collaborate with Oxford Brookes University and Buckinghamshire New University. 

We are happy to hear from other accredited psychological therapists that can demonstrate they meet the person specification.

For an informal discussion please contact: 

Joanne Ryder, Consultant Counselling Psychologist, Clinical & Professional Lead Psychological Therapies Pathway & Head of IAPT – Oxfordshire

or

Debbie Walton Head of Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Services

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Staff accommodation
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
  • Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
  • 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.
  • Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
  • We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
  • Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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