Lead Cons Practitioner Psychologist, Professional Lead for PP

NHS Jobs; Hellingly; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lead Cons Practitioner Psychologist, Professional Lead for PP, in Forensic Health Services, providing strategic and professional leadership across the Trust and contributing to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Provider Collaborative where appropriate.

Work with divisional leaders to support safe, effective and sustainable services, lead governance, supervision, CPD, recruitment and staff wellbeing, ensuring trauma‑informed and inclusive care, while contributing to audit, research and service

Job description

Lead Cons Practitioner Psychologist, Professional Lead for PP

Provide strategic and professional leadership for psychological professions across Forensic Health Services, with a Trust-wide focus on forensic psychological practice and contribution to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Provider Collaborative where appropriate. Work as part of the divisional leadership team and with senior professional leads for nursing, allied health professions and medicine to support safe, effective and sustainable services, bringing a clear psychological voice to business planning, transformation, service development and partnership working. Lead systems for professional governance, supervision, appraisal, continuing professional development, job planning and standards of professional practice for psychological professionals across forensic pathways. Provide senior professional advice on psychological professions governance and professional standards where required. Support robust supervision, reflective practice and psychologically safe systems that promote compassionate, trauma-informed and inclusive care for both service users and staff. Shape service and policy developments that strengthen psychologically informed forensic care across secure, community, outreach and specialist pathways, including partnership with probation, criminal justice, social care, commissioning and voluntary sector colleagues. Lead inclusive recruitment, workforce planning and professional development approaches that support a skilled, sustainable and diverse psychological professions workforce, aligned to transformation programmes and future service needs. Champion inclusive and culturally sensitive psychological practice, ensuring that equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded through supervision, CPD, recruitment, service development and divisional action planning. Foster staff and team wellbeing through supportive supervision, wellbeing conversations, clear role expectations, access to CPD and opportunities for psychological professionals to connect through communities of practice and peer networks. Provide expert consultation and advice on complex forensic psychological care, formulation, risk, service design and professional practice. Lead and contribute to audit, research, teaching, training, service evaluation and routine outcome measurement, using evidence, psychological theory and high-quality data to inform continuous improvement and innovation. Hold a specialist clinical caseload and maintain advanced clinical credibility within your area of psychological practice.