Principal Clinical or Forensic Psychologist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking an experienced psychologist to lead specialist psychological services in Birmingham, working with adults with learning disabilities and autism. The role offers a competitive salary, involvement in clinical leadership, and the opportunity to impact community mental health positively. This is a fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity at Band 8b level.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes for vehicles and gym membership

Discounts through Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with learning disabilities and autism.
• Ability to provide clinical and professional leadership.
• Strong understanding of forensic psychology.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highly specialist psychological services for adults in the community.
• Lead the Forensic Assessment Consultation Training and Treatment Service.
• Provide supervision and support for junior psychologists.

Skills

Community and forensic psychology

Assessment and treatment of learning disabilities

Risk assessment and management

Supervision and training of staff

Education

Relevant psychology degree (PhD or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced psychologist with a background in community and forensic work with adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults. Our service (FACTT) covers the area of Coventry and Warwickshire (which includes Rugby, Nuneaton, Coventry and Leamington) and is based at Brooklands Hospital in Marston Green, Birmingham.

Applications are welcome from staff who are currently working at Band 8a level or above.

This post is available as a 2 year fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity for internal applicants.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in leading specialist psychological services, providing clinical and professional leadership, and supporting recovery-focused outcomes for individuals across secure and community services. This position will involve taking a lead role in the Forensic Assessment Consultation Training and Treatment (FACTT) Service for people with learning disability and/or autism, as directed by the lead psychologist.

Based on the core functions of the national specification for community forensic LD and autism services, the community forensic service is set up to provide:

• In-reach support to inpatient services to support safe and timely discharges
• Forensic risk assessment and management of risk in the community to ensure public safety and safety of the individual
• Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions
• Expert advice and training to other agencies, including health services, probation, police, prison service and Prevent.
• Consultancy and support

Responsibilities

• Planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating highly specialist psychological services for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism who have forensic needs, including those in inpatient services.
• Ensuring the systematic provision of high-quality psychological assessment and treatment for highly complex cases requiring detailed analysis, formulation, and intervention.
• Providing highly specialist training and consultation to staff from a range of statutory agencies and independent providers to support service users to remain in the community.
• Supervising and supporting the psychological assessment and therapy provided by junior psychologists, assistant and trainee psychologists, and other clinical staff delivering psychologically-based care.
• Adhering to the lone worker policy and ensuring safe practice in line with professional guidelines.
• Being responsible for the governance of psychological practice within the service.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines while providing clinical and professional leadership to psychologists, psychological therapists, and other relevant clinical staff.
• Planning, organising, and contributing to the development, evaluation, and monitoring of the team's operational policies and services, including research, service evaluation, and audit, and advising management on psychological and organisational matters.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

For more information on how our Trust handles your data please view the 'Privacy Notice - Staff - V1.0 May 2018.pdf' at https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/privacy.

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.