ADHD Specialist Psychological Therapist (CBT)

*** Previous applicants need not apply ***

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Band 7 ADHD Specialist Psychological Therapist (CBT) to join our Adult ADHD Service within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, working across Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to deliver specialist ADHD assessments, evidence-based psychological interventions, and structured psychoeducation in line with NICE guidance, while also leading on the development and governance of psychoeducation groups.

The postholder will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, providing consultation, training, and supervision to colleagues, as well as contributing to service development, quality improvement, and outcome monitoring.

This is an ideal position for a skilled clinician passionate about improving outcomes for adults with ADHD and shaping innovative, patient-centred services within a supportive and forward-thinking organisation.

This role is offered a secondment to internal staff and fixed term for external staff.

The postholder will play a key role within the Adult ADHD Service, delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychological care while supporting service development and multidisciplinary working. Main duties will include:

• Undertaking specialist ADHD assessments using a range of evidence-based tools and clinical interviews
• Providing group-based psychological interventions, including CBT and structured psychoeducation programmes
• Leading the development, delivery and governance of ADHD psychoeducation groups and materials
• Offering specialist advice, formulation, and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues and external partners
• Delivering training to internal and external services to improve understanding and management of ADHD
• Supervising and supporting Assistant Psychologists and junior staff
• Contributing to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives, including outcome monitoring
• Working collaboratively with GPs, health and social care services, and voluntary sector organisations across Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Further detailed information relating to the role and responsibilities can be found in the attached supporting documentation.