(Part-Time) Principal Psychologist | Learning Disability Team

Are you a highly skilled Principal Clinical Psychologist (Band 8b) ready to make a significant impact on the lives of adults with learning disabilities? Or are you looking to step up into a Principal Psychology role?

We are seeking a dedicated professional to join our dynamic Community Learning Disability Team. In this crucial part-time role working 22.5 hours per week, you will use a combination of direct therapeutic interventions and indirect consultation to support our clients and their networks across North and West Oxfordshire. While your primary focus will be regional, you will occasionally contribute to specialist assessments or clinics across the wider county.

This is excellent chance for an experienced clinician looking to grow their career.

You will have access to dedicated leadership development opportunities and be supported to progress your career within a forward-thinking, innovative service. We offer flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, to support a healthy work-life balance.

Our team is proud to be research active, and you will have the opportunity to be directly involved in developing and delivering clinical trials of psychological interventions specifically designed for people with learning disabilities — contributing to a growing evidence base that shapes care not just locally, but nationally.

Join us and help shape outstanding community care!

• Clinical Expertise: Deliver specialist psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults with learning disabilities, using a range of evidence-based models tailored to individual needs.

Consultation & Risk Management: Lead risk formulation and management planning through consultation with the multidisciplinary team and external services, providing specialist guidance to support safe, coordinated, and effective care.

Psycho-Education & Training: Deliver training and support colleagues to work in a formulation-driven, evidence-based way, strengthening professional practice, managing risk, and improving long-term outcomes for service users.

Embedding Psychological Thinking: Promote and embed psychological thinking across the multidisciplinary team, helping to develop a reflective, compassionate, and evidence-informed culture of care.

Leadership & Career Development: Take on meaningful leadership responsibilities with support to develop leadership capability, offering clear opportunities to progress into more senior clinical or operational roles within Oxford Health.

Research & Innovation: Contribute to a research-active department by supporting the design and delivery of clinical research and trials focused on interventions for people with learning disabilities.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

As a Trust we provide 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”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Olivia Hewitt Job title: Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist Email address: Olivia.Hewitt@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07775540151

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application