Senior Registered Psychologist

Hmp Wymott; Wymott; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A correctional facility in the United Kingdom is seeking a Clinical Lead for its PIPE service. This permanent, full-time role involves overseeing a team in delivering psychology-based consultancy, training, and supervision to staff, with a focus on reducing reoffending. The ideal candidate must be a registered psychologist with significant experience in managing complex cases. Regular travel and in-person meetings are required. This position offers structured clinical leadership within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years post-registration experience required.
• Strong background in psychology and rehabilitation.
• Ability to manage team dynamics and lead training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PIPE service ensuring adherence to principles.
• Oversee core components of group and individual supervision.
• Collaborate with operational leads for end-to-end service delivery.

Skills

Consultancy skills

Training delivery

Complex risk assessment

Group dynamics management

Education

Registered Psychologist

Job description

Overview

Do you have a passion for reducing reoffending and relational working? Do you enjoy supporting other professionals to deliver positive and boundaried relationships with offenders to support rehabilitation? NWPS are seeking a Clinical Lead for a 60-bed main location progression PIPE (Psychologically Informed Planned Environment) at HMP Wymott, a Category C prison. This is a permanent full‑time role (0.9 WTE for the PIPE and 0.1 WTE in the wider NWPS team) within NWPS as a Senior Registered Psychologist. The post holder will be part of the NWPS team and will undertake duties including mandatory training, reporting requirements, and PIPE duties, including regular in‑person national meetings and regular in‑person group clinical supervision. Flexibility to travel is a requirement. The post holder will be based on site at HMP Wymott for most of the working week with limited opportunity for flexible/hybrid working due to the relational nature of the role. Placement as PIPE Clinical Lead would be collaboratively reviewed after no more than 3 years to ensure development needs are met.

To be eligible, the post holder should have two years post‑registration experience at the point of taking up the post. Applications will be welcomed from psychologists with a minimum of 18 months post‑registration experience; they will not be able to formally take up the post until they have been registered for two years and subject to pre‑employment checks.

The post holder will work with complex individuals and staff, applying psychology expertise to reduce risk of harm and reoffending by providing consultancy, delivering staff training, undertaking complex risk assessments, and conducting research and interventions, both as part of the PIPE Clinical Lead and generic NWPS roles. This is a non‑operational job with line management responsibilities.

PIPE Context

Psychologically Informed Planned Environments (PIPEs) are part of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway, jointly commissioned by the NHS and HMPPS. PIPEs are designed as contained environments where staff have additional training to develop an increased psychological understanding of their work. This enables a safer and more supportive environment to facilitate development for residents and staff. They focus on the environment and relationships, aiming to maximise ordinary situations in a psychologically informed way, addressing interpersonal difficulties that may relate to personality disorder. PIPEs are not treatment interventions; the PIPE model is an environmental approach to enhance core work within Prison and Probation settings where psychosocial considerations are required.

Principal Clinical Lead Duties

The post holder will hold a strategic position as Clinical Lead for the PIPE service, creating and maintaining a healthy psychosocial environment and ensuring adherence to PIPE principles. Responsibilities include design, delivery and oversight of core PIPE components, including group work, management of group dynamics, and delivery of group and individual supervision. The post holder will work closely with the Operational Lead and manage development of a positive milieu, ensuring psychosocial aspects comply with policy and delivery standards, including meeting Enabling Environment accreditation standards. The post holder will lead within the organisation, collaborating with operational and strategic leads, and contribute to staff development through training and clinical supervision. They will participate in individual and group supervision, provided monthly by a central group analytic consultant. The PIPE Clinical Lead will ensure adherence to the agreed PIPE pathway function.

Attendance at monthly Clinical Lead business meetings (London), monthly external supervision (Leeds) and quarterly contract review meetings with commissioners is integral. A quarterly report for commissioners alongside the PIPE unit Custodial Manager is required.

Responsibilities, Activities and Duties

Responsibilities, activities and duties as part of NWPS include a range of clinical and leadership responsibilities related toPIPE service delivery, staff training, supervision, and liaison with commissioners.