Research Clinical Psychologist; Developmental Child and Adolescent Psychology

Applications are invited for a Clinical Psychologist to work on a NIHR BRC-
funded project ‘Implementing brief CBT supplemented with workbooks in CAMHS
with 12–17-year-old OCD sufferers’. You will work to support the project;
activities include supporting the development a blended training package and
treatment manual for therapists to use the materials and deliver the treatment
and supporting an evaluation of the treatment in Child and Adolescent Mental
Health services (CAMHS). You will have responsibility for supervising low
intensity practitioners, such as Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs), to
deliver the intervention to young people with OCD within routine clinical
services.





Due to the nature of the funding, the post is for 1 to 2 days per week for a
fixed term (end date 31st March 2024). It is based in the Department of
Experimental Psychology in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in Oxford.





You will have a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent and be HCPC
registered as Practitioner Clinical Psychologist. You will have an excellent
knowledge and understanding of OCD and how it presents and develops in
children and young people, as well as an excellent knowledge and understanding
of evidence based psychological interventions for children and young people.
You will have experience in delivering CBT protocol-based treatments for the
treatment of OCD (in adults or adolescents) and use of relevant routine
outcomes measures to inform treatment and evaluate outcomes. You will have
experience working clinically with adolescent populations and in working
within a mental health or Primary Care service. You will have the ability to
supervise low intensity practitioners to deliver a low-intensity psychological
intervention and be able to deliver and use clinical supervision and personal
development positively and effectively.





You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement and a CV
as part of your application.





The closing date for this post is 12.00 midday on 29th September 2023.