Consultant Psychologist

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a Clinical Lead for their Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) service. The role involves overseeing psychological services across multiple NHS trusts, providing clinical governance, and facilitating stakeholder engagement. The candidate will chair the pan-London MHTR Clinical Network and supervise service leads. This position seeks an individual with strong leadership skills and a commitment to improving mental health care for men in the criminal justice system.

Benefits

Staff personal development opportunities

Flexible working options

Access to CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical lead roles within mental health services.
• Strong understanding of clinical governance and risk management.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the psychological oversight of the MHTR services across multiple trusts.
• Chair the pan-London MHTR Clinical Network.
• Provide clinical supervision to service leads for all London trusts.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Stakeholder communication

Clinical governance

Leadership

Education

Relevant psychological qualification

Job description

Overview

North London Forensic Collaborative and the South London Partnership are working together to provide a pan London, specialist, primary care Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service for men. This post is hosted by Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and will hold responsibility for the psychological oversight of the MHTR services provided by Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust, East London NHS Foundation Trust, North East London NHS Foundation Trust and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop this newly commissioned MHTR service to reduce custodial sentences and improve the wellbeing of men in the criminal justice system with mental health needs. Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. Treatment requirements offer courts an alternative to short custodial sentences and aim to prevent reoffending by addressing underlying vulnerabilities and improving quality of life. This service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions and advice. The MHTR Service will also provide the courts with information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements. This unique role will lead on the model fidelity across London, ensuring shared learning and good practice and clinically representing the service as part of the national delivery of MHTR’s. We are keen that this role supports our services development and growth as the service is mobilised and becomes an established and accessible community resource for men who are receiving community court disposals. The postholder will chair the pan-London MHTR Clinical Network and will clinically supervise the five clinical leads responsible for local delivery across London. Clear supervision lines and service agreements will facilitate a collaborative, stakeholder informed, cohesive service.

To hold the position of clinical lead, for the pan-London MHTR service at senior North London Forensic Consortium (NLFC) and South London Partnership (SLP) management and commissioner led meetings and to chair the pan-London MHTR Clinical Network, ensuring learning from local and national best practice and initiating action as appropriate.

To be responsible for the good clinical and risk governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of psychologists and psychological therapists of the pan-London MHTR service and provide clinical supervision to the 8b service leads for all the London Trusts providing this service (CNWL, Oxleas, NELFT and ELFT).

To lead for the service on interface with the national MHTR programme.

To engage with key stakeholders to facilitate the operation of Men’s MHTR services in London including to communicate service model and policies to external and internal partners and agencies in conjunction with professional and operational managers.

To be responsible for the monitoring and implementation of professional standards in the practice of applied psychology and psychotherapy in the MHTR service and for the systematic and effective provision of professional supervision.

To be responsible for the good clinical governance, quality and appropriateness of the work of the psychologists and psychological therapists of the MHTR service, ensuring model consistency and service specification fidelity across the London Men’s MHTR services and being responsible, alongside service managers/clinical leads, for ensuring the services perform to the required standard for commissioners, NLFC, SLP and NHSE.

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get -

Benefits include:

• A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
• An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
• Flexible working
• Variety of work
• Access to a variety of CPD opportunities
• We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward, improving care pathways and meeting the client group’s needs.