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Preceptorship Psychologist
NHS
Blaby
On-site
GBP 59,000
Full time
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Job summary
A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Preceptorship Psychologist to join their integrated mental health team in Blaby. This role involves supervising Assistant Psychologists and providing psychological support in prisons. As a full-time position, it offers a salary of up to £58,016. The organization provides robust support for training, professional development, and offers perks like free lunches and gym membership. Candidates should have HCPC registration and experience with complex mental health issues.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience working with mental health forensic population.
- Ideal applicants would have experience delivering psychological therapies.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team.
- Undertake psychological assessments and support complex multi-disciplinary formulations.
- Deliver and oversee psychological interventions as part of the team's programs.
Skills
Education
Tools
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have a fantastic opportunity for a Preceptorship Psychologist to join our integrated mental health team across across HMP Fosse Way and HMP Five Wells both category C prison supporting males aged 21+.Within this role you will work with a broad range of complex presentations, the position would suit a Psychologist familiar with adult mental health presentations, neurodiversity and complex trauma. You must be familiar with trauma informed approaches and will contribute to and support the clinical leadership team in the development of the psychological therapies service. The role includes supervising Assistant Psychologists, and if required supervision training can be supported as part of your preceptorship. Hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm 2.5 days on each site HMP Fosse Way and HMP Five Wells We are able to offer this as a rolling rota 3 days on 1 site 2 at another biweekly Salary This position is full time, you'll receive a salary of up to £58,016 per annum depending on experience How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider Psychological Therapies team
- Support with ISW training
- Post-doctoral training- supervision
As a qualified, HCPC registered Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Offer clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) in the form of training, supervision and reflective practice
- Undertake psychological assessments and support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
- Deliver and oversee the delivery of 1:1 psychological interventions and group intervention as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
- Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff where required
- Contribute to the development of audit, service evaluation and research profile as appropriate It doesnt stop there we also offer:
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Free parking
- Free lunches
- Free gym membership
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have a fantastic opportunity for a Preceptorship Psychologist to join our integrated mental health team across across HMP Fosse Way and HMP Five Wells both category C prison supporting males aged 21+.Within this role you will work with a broad range of complex presentations, the position would suit a Psychologist familiar with adult mental health presentations, neurodiversity and complex trauma. You must be familiar with trauma informed approaches and will contribute to and support the clinical leadership team in the development of the psychological therapies service The role includes supervising Assistant Psychologists, and if required supervision training can be supported as part of your preceptorship. Hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm 2.5 days on each site HMP Fosse Way and HMP Five Wells We are able to offer this as a rolling rota 3 days on 1 site 2 at another biweekly Salary This position is full time, you'll receive a salary of up to £58,016 per annum depending on experience How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider Psychological Therapies team
- Support with ISW training
- Post-doctoral training- supervision
As a qualified, HCPC registered Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Offer clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) in the form of training, supervision and reflective practice
- Undertake psychological assessments and support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
- Deliver and oversee the delivery of 1:1 psychological interventions and group intervention as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
- Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff where required
- Contribute to the development of audit, service evaluation and research profile as appropriate It doesnt stop there we also offer:
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Free parking
- Free lunches
- Free gym membership
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values: we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated, we act with integrity, we embrace diversity we strive to do things better together. Qualifications required
- Full HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
- Knowledge of evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to the clinical needs of people in prison
- Understanding of complex mental health issues and presentation
- Experience providing evidence based psychological interventions to adults with a range of mental health problems;
- Experience of working with mental health forensic population
- Ideal applicants would have experience delivering a range of psychological therapies such as CBT, and compassion focused therapies. Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.
Clinical -
Identify patientswho may benefit from psychological intervention, following mental healthtriages and in discussion with the multi-disciplinary team and, where demandexceeds capacity, prioritise according to clinical need, risk presentation andrelease planning in line with agreed service policy;
Provide comprehensive psychologicalassessment, including risk assessment, and develop psychological formulationsto support patients and other members of the MDT in making sense of their difficulties; contribute, where appropriate, to Mother & Baby boardreviews;
Identify and deliver appropriate individualand group interventions to patients in line with the Psychological TherapiesService (PTS) pathways;
To monitorand evaluate psychological interventions using appropriate measures;
To maintainaccurate clinical records and keep the PTS dashboard up to date with outcomesdata for patient/service and staff outcomes;
To communicate both verbally and written, highly complex information concerningassessment, formulation and intervention plans to patients, professionalcolleagues and external agencies, as appropriate;
To manage resources appropriately.
Identify and provide opportunities for other members of the multi-disciplinary team to gainunderstanding of how psychological knowledge can support their work with patients,through developing psychological formulations with team members, participatingin multi-disciplinary meetings and decision making or other opportunities for providing consultancy and advice;
To attend ACCT reviews and segregation reviews in the prisonas appropriate and to offer psychological opinion about management and appropriaterereferrals in that context and, offer psychological understanding into CSIPplans to support management of patients within the wing by prison staff;
In liaisonwith the Mental Leads and/ or Heads of Healthcare, identify and deliveropportunities for staff learning and reflection, through reflective practice,debrief and training sessions.
In liaisonwith Mental Leads and/ or Heads of Healthcare and the National head of PsychologicalTherapies, identify opportunities for and conduct service development projectsin collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team;
Participatein and contribute to CPD and peer supervision within the wider healthcare team;
Activeengagement in appropriate practice supervision and keep a log of evidence of core competencies in line with agreed preceptorship plan.
Teaching, training and supervision
To provideregular reflective practice sessions to the mental health team and other ad-hocopportunities for reflection on practice, including individual or groupdebriefing following incidents;
To providetraining to other members of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of traumaand psychologically informed care and treatment;
To contributeto CPD and peer supervision sessions within the wider PTS team;
To receiveregular clinical supervision from an appropriately qualified and experienced supervisor,in accordance with the BPS and the HCPC guidelines and, where appropriate, fromother senior professional colleagues;
Management, recruitment, policy and service development
To participate in multi-disciplinary meetings concerned with the delivery and development of clinical services andcontribute a psychological perspective as appropriate;
To advise theMental Health lead and/ or Heads of Healthcare on those aspects of the servicewhere psychological matters need addressing in line with best practice andservice objectives;
To contributeto proposals for and implementation of policy and service development changesin relation to psychology and psychological therapies within the service;
Research, service evaluation & audit
To utilitetheory, evidence based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual/ group work and work with other team members;
To contributeto project management, including complex audit, research and service evaluationprojects, with colleagues within the service, to help develop serviceprovision;
Professional -
To attend regionaland national Psychological Therapies meetings, service development and otherrelevant meetings regularly;
To adhere to professional/accrediting body codes of conduct, policies and procedures (e.g.HCPC, BABCP, BPS);
To be awareof, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and reviewof Practice Plus Group policies and procedures;
To maintainand develop high standards of psychology/psychological therapy practice by engaging in continuing professional development and co-operativeworking/networking with therapists, clinical, counselling and forensicpsychologist colleagues;
To receive regularline management supervision by the Head of Healthcare
To participate in the organisations annual performance review and personal development planning process with the clinical supervisor and line manager;
To keep up to date with legislation,national directives, policies and NICE guidelines in relation to the workdelivered.
Other
This JobDescription is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but suchchange will not take place without consultation between the post holder and their manager. Job descriptions should be reviewed at least annually at theappraisal meeting.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Practice Plus Group
1 Tigers Road
Glen Parva
Wigston
LE18 4WS
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