Highly Specialist Prison Psychologist (Clinical/Forensic)

Oxleas; Rochester; On-site; GBP 69,000 - 79,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Highly Specialist Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist (Band 8b) to lead psychological provision across prison mental health services at HMP Rochester and HMP Cookham Wood. The role offers senior clinical leadership, development of evidence-based therapies, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams in a specialist setting.

The post requires substantial clinical experience, professional registration, and the ability to deliver complex

Qualifications

• Registered with professional body appropriate to psychological therapy (HCPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP).
• Considerable experience as a clinical or counselling psychologist or psychological therapist.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of psychology assessments, formulations, interventions and clinical consultations.
• Provide clinical leadership for the psychological therapies model and its delivery.
• Supervise psychological therapists and lived experience practitioners.
• Develop and oversee forensic psychology consultations for secondary care teams.

Skills

Clinical psychologist experience

Leadership in clinical teams

Prison mental health experience

Job description

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Highly Specialist Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist (Band 8b) to lead psychological provision across prison mental health services at HMP Rochester and HMP Cookham Wood. The role offers senior clinical leadership, development of evidence-based therapies, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams in a specialist setting.

The post requires substantial clinical experience, professional registration, and the ability to deliver complex