Principle Forensic/Clinical Psychologist

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust offers a part-time, six-month fixed-term role in their forensic psychology team, focusing on delivering assessment, formulation, and intervention for adults with complex needs in a secure mental health setting. Candidates should have experience with complex clients and various therapeutic interventions, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care.
• Demonstrable experience working as a practitioner psychologist at a senior level.
• Experience with a variety of client groups and presenting clinical severity.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessment and intervention for adults with complex needs.
• Consult with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to service projects.
• Possibility to work alongside social services for risk assessments.

Skills

Clinical interventions

Effective inter-personal skills

Supervising and mentoring

Education

Current HCPC registration

Post-doctoral training in psychological practice

Job description

Job summary

A great opportunity has arisen for a part-time six month fixed-term position within the forensic in-patient psychology team.

The role is working within secure care delivering assessment, formulation and intervention for adults with complex needs, as well as working alongside other professionals to deliver quality, trauma informed care.

The successful candidate will be based at the Humber Centre near Hull, working in a medium to low secure forensic mental health setting with a range of mental health presentations and risk related behaviours.

You will join a friendly and approachable team of clinical and forensic psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists. You will also be part of the broader Forensic Division Psychology Team.

- The successful candidate will be involved in assessment, formulation and intervention for individuals with a range of mental health and forensic needs within medium and low security settings.

- Experience working with complex clients and forensic backgrounds is essential. Skills and experience in interventions such as DBT, EMDR, CAT, CBT, CFT and Schema Therapy are all welcomed.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve opportunities to consult with multidisciplinary teams and contribute to service projects and development. There may also be the opportunity to work alongside social services to complete assessments regarding risk to children.

This temporary position will require the individual to be confident to work autonomously whilst enjoying working with teams through contributing to the psychology team and working into multi-disciplinary teams.

There is also opportunity to be involved in training and possible supervision provision.

This challenging yet highly rewarding work requires someone with motivation and enthusiasm for working in this setting.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
• Current HCPC registration
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities etc.)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Demonstrable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups , across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings

Desirable

• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising, mentoring and teaching
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
• Current HCPC registration
• Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities etc.)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for service users' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Demonstrable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups , across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings

Desirable

• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level

Skills and Competencies

Essential

• Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising, mentoring and teaching
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Humber Centre for Forensic Psychiatry

Willerby Hill

Hull

HU10 6ED

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