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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p>This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and registered psychological therapist or counsellor to join our dedicated Psychological Therapies Team, working with adult patients across the Trust. The role offers variety and professional development, as you will work across our three hospital sites, gaining exposure to different settings and experiences--while only ever being based at one site at a time.</p>
<p>For the first six months, you will be primarily based at Southend Hospital, providing continuity as you settle into the role. This position is part-time, two days per week, and is ideal for a skilled therapist looking to make a meaningful impact on patient wellbeing within a supportive and collaborative environment.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><p>Main duties are:</p> <p></p> <ul>  <li>To work with adult inpatients and outpatients and their families. Inpatients will be from the general hospital, as this role will not be with burns patients.</li>  <li>To provide specialised psychological assessment and therapy based on a holistic formulation and sound evidence base</li>  <li>To participate in MDT discussions and decision making when appropriate.</li>  <li>To offer consultation around patients' psychological care to non-psychological colleagues, and to other non-professional carers</li>  <li>To offer support to hospital staff through signposting and clinical team based supports such as reflective spaces to relevant staff.</li> </ul> <p></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.</p>
<p>We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>19 December 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £38,682 a year
      
        per annum pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>390-B&amp;P-BR-3392</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Broomfield</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>Chelmsford and southend</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>CM1 7ET</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p><p>Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.</p>
<p>For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.</p>
<p>We look forward to your application.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p></p><p>Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.</p>
<p>For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.</p>
<p>We look forward to your application.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>level 6 professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy</li>
        
        <li>professional registration with nhs recognised organisation such as BACP, UKPC.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>NHS experience</li>
        
        <li>experience of working psychologically with patients with health conditions</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>inpatient work experience in an acute nhs setting</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
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            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>level 6 professional qualification in counselling or psychotherapy</li>
          
          <li>professional registration with nhs recognised organisation such as BACP, UKPC.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>NHS experience</li>
          
          <li>experience of working psychologically with patients with health conditions</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>inpatient work experience in an acute nhs setting</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Broomfield</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>Chelmsford and southend</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>CM1 7ET</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.mse.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Broomfield</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Chelmsford and southend</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>CM1 7ET</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.mse.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Adult Counsellor / Psychological Therapist

Family & Systemic Psychotherapist

Band 7 High Intensity Counsellor

Occupational Therapy Technician, Adult Mental Health Services

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p></p><p>1 X Fixed Term Contract @ 30 hours per week</p> <p>1 x Permanent @ 30 hours per week</p> <p>This role is based at Highpoint House, Shooters Hill, within Greenwich CAMHS, part of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder is accountable to the Greenwich CAMHS Operational Manager.</p> <p><strong>Purpose of the Role</strong></p> <p>The CAMHS Specialist supports the implementation of service and trust initiatives, monitors and evaluates care quality, and manages a caseload of children and young people with complex mental health needs. The role requires independent working, leadership in clinical practice, andactive participation in a multidisciplinary team.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p></p><ul>
<li>Deliver evidence-based interventions and use CYP IAPT principles.</li>
<li>Undertake CAMHS initial assessment and develop appropriate care plans for CYP</li>
<li>Manage and coordinate care for a defined caseload</li>
<li>Develop, deliver, and evaluate individualised therapeutic intervention appropriate to core training skills</li>
<li>Provide specialist mental health advice, consultation, and signposting.</li>
<li>Train and mentor students, junior staff, and community professionals.</li>
<li>Assess and manage risk, including safeguarding responsibilities.</li>
<li>Communicate effectively with clients, families, colleagues, and external agencies.</li>
<li>Maintain high standards of documentation and adhere to legal, ethical, and professional guidelines.</li>
<li>Participate in service development, policy implementation, and professional forums.</li>
<li>Demonstrate commitment to equality, diversity, and the rights of clients and carers.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additional Information</p>
<ul>
<li>The role does not require on-call or unsocial hours.</li>
<li>Emphasis is placed on Oxleas' values: kindness, fairness, listening, and caring.</li>
<li>Ongoing professional development and supervision are expected.</li>
</ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p></p><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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:</p> <ul>  <li>We're Kind</li>  <li>We're </li>  <li>We Listen</li>  <li>We Care</li> </ul>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 Rhagfyr 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £44,485 to £52,521 a year
      
        pro rata pa inc
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>24 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>277-7562696-CYP-A</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Highpoint House</p>
      <p>Shooters Hill</p>
      <p>Greenwich</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>SE18 3RZ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p></p><ul>  <li> <p>To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To gate keep all referrals to inpatient services to test their suitability for home treatment as an alternative to admission.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multidisciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individuals psychological stability.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide phone advice to people in crisis.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To assess the welfare of people discharged from inpatient wards in a timely manner.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out assessments of mental capacity as required to do so.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To work extended hours within a two shift system over seven days per week.</p> </li> </ul>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p></p><ul>  <li> <p>To be trained and confident in the use of CYP IAPT principles, evidence based interventions and routine outcome measures.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To co-ordinate and deliver individualised care packages / programmes for children and young people and evaluate these programmes, ensuring high standards of practice in accordance with national guidelines and trust policy.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide specialist mental health advice, consultation and signposted using an outcome based triage model, to the multi-agency network.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective bio psychosocial assessments of individuals in crisis referred to the team from community mental health teams, GPs and other sources.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To gate keep all referrals to inpatient services to test their suitability for home treatment as an alternative to admission.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out effective risk assessment and management, seeking advice from multidisciplinary colleagues and other teams where needed.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide a range of agreed brief crisis clinical interventions to service users and their relatives in any setting, aimed at increasing the individuals psychological stability.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To develop effective crisis plans with individuals which will improve their future resilience.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To provide phone advice to people in crisis.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To assess the welfare of people discharged from inpatient wards in a timely manner.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To carry out assessments of mental capacity as required to do so.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To liaise collaboratively with hospital and community based mental health services, both within Oxleas and elsewhere, also with emergency services and non-statutory bodies.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To maintain comprehensive and timely clinical records in accordance with Trust standards.</p> </li>  <li> <p>To work extended hours within a two shift system over seven days per week.</p> </li> </ul>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Education/Qualification
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>RN Mental Health/LD / Social  Work qualification/ Art therapist/ Occupational therapy</li>
        
        <li>Registration body</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
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          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>At least 2 years post registration experience  in a setting where mental health is the  primary focus some of which should have  been in a CAMHS setting.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Working with children</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
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          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to assess, plan, implement and  evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of  clients.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area</li>
        
        <li>Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child &amp; adolescent mental health.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to analyse and manage risks</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
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            Education/Qualification
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>RN Mental Health/LD / Social  Work qualification/ Art therapist/ Occupational therapy</li>
          
          <li>Registration body</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
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            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>At least 2 years post registration experience  in a setting where mental health is the  primary focus some of which should have  been in a CAMHS setting.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Working with children</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
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            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to assess, plan, implement and  evaluate risk/care plans to meet the needs of  clients.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and demonstrate awareness of MDT functioning.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to maintain and manage own workload and work autonomously within the specialist area</li>
          
          <li>Willingness and ability to develop specialist knowledge of clinical aspects of child &amp; adolescent mental health.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
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            <li>Ability to analyse and manage risks</li>
            
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Highpoint House</p>
      <p>Shooters Hill</p>
      <p>Greenwich</p>
      <p></p>
      <p>SE18 3RZ</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="http://oxleas.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Highpoint House</p>
          <p>Shooters Hill</p>
          <p>Greenwich</p>
          <p></p>
          <p>SE18 3RZ</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="http://oxleas.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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