Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist - Forensic Psych Services

NHS Jobs; Runwell; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in the UK is seeking a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist to provide specialist psychological assessments on forensic inpatient wards, interpreting data from a range of sources to inform care.

You will formulate and implement formal treatment plans, deliver high-level psychological interventions to individuals, families and groups, and collaborate across teams to refine formulations and approaches.

Qualifications

• Specialist psychological assessments of inpatients on forensic wards.
• Formulate and implement treatment plans based on a range of models.
• Deliver highly specialised psychological interventions for individuals, families and groups.

Responsibilities

• Carry out clinical assessments using tests, interviews and observations.
• Interpret data from neuropsychological tests and rating scales.
• Develop and adjust treatment plans within a forensic services framework.

Job description

Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist - Forensic Psych Services

To learn more about working within our Services at EPUT, please view our recruitment videos, where members of the team share their experiences and insights into their roles and what it is like working within our Psychological Services, here at EPUT. Please view our video link here: Psychological Services KEY RESPONSIBILITIES CLINICAL To provide specialist psychological assessments of inpatients on the forensic wards based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi- structured interviews with clients and others involved in the clients care. The post- holder will also be responsible for the safe use of any equipment used during assessments (e.g. test batteries). To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems and employing evidence based To be responsible for implementing a range of highly specialised psychological interventions for people on the forensic unit; families and groups, within and across teams, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. Please see full 'Job Description' and 'Person Specification' attachments for full details of the role.