HCPC registered Clinical or Forensic Psychologist

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization is seeking an HCPC registered Clinical or Forensic Psychologist to join a multi-disciplinary team within the Essex Community Offending Behaviour Service. The successful candidate will complete psychological assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, and provide supervision to Assistant Psychologists. This role involves active participation in service development and evaluation, ensuring high standards of practice are maintained. Strong commitment to equality and diversity is essential.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Team support and training

Contribution to service development

Qualifications

• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Experience in clinical or forensic psychology.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Complete specialist psychological assessment and risk assessment of service users.
• Deliver evidence-based psychological interventions across care settings.
• Provide supervision for Assistant Psychologists.

Skills

HCPC registration

psychological assessment

clinical supervision

psychological interventions

risk assessment

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Tools

Statistical analysis software

Electronic health records

Job description

We are looking to appoint an HCPC registered Clinical or Forensic Psychologist to join the Essex Community Offending behaviour Service (ECOS). We are a welcoming multi‑disciplinary team, providing a service of excellence for service users across Essex.

Key Duties

• Complete specialist psychological assessment and risk assessment of service users.
• Treat service users referred to the service, delivering evidence‑based psychological interventions across all care settings.
• Provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to formulation, treatment and risk management plans.
• Deliver clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologists working in the service.
• Support psycho‑logical aspects of service development, evaluation, research, and teaching.
• Maintain standards in supervision and CPD, and manage workloads of assistants and practitioner psychologists in training.
• Travel regularly as part of the role.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments (including risk assessments) using complex data from tests, self‑report measures, rating scales, structured observations and semi‑structured interviews.
• Formulate and implement plans for formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s difficulties, using evidence‑based methods across the full range of care settings.
• Implement a range of specialist psychological interventions for individuals, adjusting and refining formulations drawing upon different explanatory models.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options, considering theoretical and therapeutic models and complex historical/developmental factors.
• Give specialist advice and consultation to other professionals, directly and indirectly contributing to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care.
• Conduct complex risk assessment and risk management, advising other professions on psychological aspects of risk.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex technical and clinically sensitive information to clients and professional colleagues.

Teaching, Training and Supervision

• Receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a senior psychologist and other senior professional colleagues.
• Develop skills in postgraduate teaching, training and supervision; provide supervision for other professional staff’s psychological work.
• Provide clinical placements for trainee clinical psychologists, ensuring they learn required skills, competencies and experience.
• Contribute to pre‑ and post‑qualification teaching of professional psychology.
• Advise, consult and train staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings.
• Consult on team dynamics and the impact of working with personality disorder, strengthening the team’s risk management.

Management, Recruitment, Policy and Service Development

• Support psychological aspects of service development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services.
• Advise relevant health services and professional management on psychological or organisational matters.
• Manage workloads of assistants and practitioner psychologists in training within the framework of team/service policies and procedures.
• Participate in short‑listing and interviewing of assistant/graduate psychologists where required.
• Engage in multi‑disciplinary forums related to service delivery (clinical reviews, referral meetings, etc.).

Information Resources

• Maintain personal record keeping, processing, storage of data and transcribing minutes where appropriate.
• Ensure all databases related to the service area are maintained satisfactorily.

Research and Service Evaluation

• Apply doctoral‑level knowledge of research methodology, design and complex multivariate data analysis.
• Utilise theory, evidence‑based literature and research to support evidence‑based practice in individual work, team work and relevant service areas.
• Contribute to appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
• Carry out project management with support from senior colleagues, including complex audit and service evaluation.

General

• Maintain the highest professional standards of practice through active participation in CPD training and development programmes.
• Develop and articulate best practice in psychology across the service by continuing professional growth and engagement with current developments.
• Maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, electronic data entry, report writing and professional self‑governance.
• Stay up‑to‑date with legislation, national and local policies concerning the specific client group and mental health.

Equal Opportunity

HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all areas of the community, including users of mental health services. We aim to be a representative organisation in terms of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights.

Additional Information

• Infection Control: All staff must comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures, which could include wearing a mask on all Trust sites and in all roles.
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