Practitioner Psychologist - Forensic or Clinical

Transformation Unit; Woodbeck; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Rampton Hospital, Woodbeck, is recruiting an experienced Practitioner Psychologist (Forensic or Clinical) at NHS AfC Band 7/8a. The post involves delivering highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for women within NHSHSW, working autonomously and leading multidisciplinary teams as required.

You will contribute to audits, policy and service development, provide consultation to non-psychologist colleagues, and help

Qualifications

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Offer advice and consultation on psychological care to clinical colleagues.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert psychological assessment and intervention to female service users in a high secure forensic setting.
• Offer consultation to non-psychologist staff within multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in audits, policy development and service improvement initiatives.

Job description

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Rampton Hospital, Town Woodbeck Salary Per Annum with high secure lead Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Practitioner Psychologist - Forensic or Clinical

NHS AfC: Band 7/8a

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Job overview

To provide a comprehensive, highly specialist clinical and forensic psychology service within the National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women (NHSHSW). To provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention as well as offering advice and consultation regarding service users’ psychological care to other members of the clinical team. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within Rampton Hospital.

The post-holder will provide a highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy service to female service users within the NHSHSW. The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the Hospital’s policies, procedures and service priorities.

The post-holder will participate fully in multidisciplinary clinical teams, at times leading them. They will develop knowledge and skills in general aspects of forensic clinical psychology and the assessment and treatment of service users who are legally detained as ‘mentally disordered