Forensic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Company: St Andrew's Healthcare
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Location: Essex
Job Description:

Forensic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

HCPC Registered

Responsibilities

  • Manage workload within a long‑term rehabilitation ward consisting of working‑age men.
  • Provide clinical and therapeutic services using trauma‑informed frameworks such as DBT and EMDR.
  • Lead and coordinate with other psychologists, supported by an assistant psychologist.
  • Support patients with EMDR and contribute to the development of trauma‑informed care practices across the site.
  • Maintain service quality and contribute to service delivery improvement.

Qualifications

  • Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist with HCPC registration, or in the process of obtaining registration within 6 months.
  • Experience working with trauma and forensic populations.
  • Leadership experience or potential to lead clinical teams.
  • Knowledge of trauma‑informed care; additional training in DBT and EMDR acceptable.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with a wide variety of people.

Benefits

We offer an excellent benefits package including a pension, sickness policy on par with the NHS, free parking, access to the Blue Light Card and health service discount schemes, 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing to 41 after 10 years of service, life cover, car lease scheme, cycle‑to‑work scheme, healthcare cash plan, paid DBS application and access to free vocational qualifications.

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Posted: June 20th, 2026