Assistant Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a proactive graduate psychologist to join its prison mental health services. You will deliver specialist psychological therapy and neurodevelopmental services within a busy multidisciplinary team, focusing on young adults in custody.

Responsibilities include psychological assessments (including ADHD structured assessments), psycho-educational workshops, and short-term trauma-focused therapies, with access to supervision.

Qualifications

• Graduate psychologist with interest in clinical/forensic psychology.
• Willing to work in a multidisciplinary prison setting.
• Experience in clinical services is desirable, forensic experience not essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological therapy and neurodevelopmental services within prison mental health teams.
• Conduct psychological assessments, including ADHD structured assessments.
• Provide psycho-educational workshops and short-term trauma-focused therapies.
• Access to regular supervision and opportunities for clinical training.
• Participate in audit and service development with the department.

Skills

Graduate psychologist

Education

Psychology degree

Job description

The post holder will work within a busy multi-disciplinary prison mental health team, comprising psychologists and psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and nursing staff. They will have responsibility for the delivery of a range of psychological interventions to young adults in custody and working in partnership with health and operational colleagues. Clinical responsibilities will include provision of psychological assessment, including structured assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), psycho-educational workshops, and short-term trauma-focussed therapies, with access to regular supervision. Involvement in audit and service development is encouraged. The post-holder will join the wider Bracton forensic psychology department, which has a strong track record in recruiting, training and supporting graduate psychologists within forensic services towards doctoral training. Post-holders would be encouraged to participate in relevant clinical training and existing support systems within the department.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an innovative and conscientious graduate psychologist to join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in providing specialist psychological therapy and neurodevelopmental disorders services within their prison mental health services. The Psychological Therapies Teams and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Teams in prisons are integrated into the mental health team to provide holistic support to a complex population of people in prison presenting with a range of needs and risks. The post would suit individuals interested in a career in clinical and/or forensic psychology or psychological therapies, with evidence of experience working in clinical services expected. Forensic experience is not essential, though enthusiasm to learn and a proven ability to work as part of a team is important.

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