Senior Psychologist

Practice Plus Group; Harborough; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Senior Psychologist to join their Mental Healthcare team at HMP Gartree. This part-time role involves collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, providing clinical oversight, and implementing trauma-informed care strategies, offering a competitive salary and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Support for professional development

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Free gym use

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist required.
• Experience in providing evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed approaches and working in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Offer clinical support to the Integrated Mental Health Team.
• Undertake psychological assessments and support complex multi-disciplinary formulations.
• Deliver and oversee psychological interventions as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Trauma informed practice

Evidence based psychological interventions

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist

Registered with the HCPC

Postgraduate qualification in psychological therapy

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Healthcare team at HMP Gartree a Category B prison, both based in Leicestershire. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop the Psychology services on site working along side the experienced integrated mental health team.This role would be suit anexperienced Psychologist who is familiar with adult mental health presentations, neurodiversity and historic trauma. Suitable applicants must be familiar withtrauma informed approaches and enjoy working as part of a team.

Hours

To be worked between Monday to Friday

3 days at HMP Gartree

Salary

This is part time role working 22.5 hours per week, offering an annual salary of up to £65,000 per annum FTE 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

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

What you'll be doing

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 assessmentsand support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
• Deliverand oversee the delivery of 1:1psychological 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 doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
• Free use of gym
• Free on site parking

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s 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 Group’s 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.

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist
• Registered with the HCPC
• Postgraduate qualification/training in at least one specific mode of psychological therapy relevant to people with severe and long standing mental health difficulties
• Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and work with trauma informed practice
  

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re 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.