Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist
We have an exciting opportunity for a senior forensic/clinical/counselling psychologist to join the inpatient psychology team based at the Humber Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.
The successful candidate will join a friendly and welcoming team comprising forensic, clinical, assistant and trainee clinical/forensic psychologists. While holding an identity as a psychology team, the members provide psychological input to the hospital across all medium secure wards and the low secure units on site, maintaining great working relationships with other teams within the service.
The current departmental model enables the successful candidate to be aligned to a ward to provide psychological consultation to the MDT and nursing team and also hold an individual caseload across the service. This allows opportunity for developing skills with MDT working and consultation, whilst also developing clinical practice across a range of presentations, and there are frequent opportunities for engaging in CPD, training and personal development.
Main duties of the job
The role has a range of opportunities to influence practice across the service, and to hold a varied and dynamic caseload.
The senior psychologist will support the service by conducting forensic risk assessments, developing formulations, and delivering intervention for complex cases, providing consultation to ward teams, and supporting service development through delivering training and supervising colleagues.
There is also opportunity to provide risk assessments to social services through our SAARC service. The successful candidate will have significant clinical autonomy and opportunity to be creative in developing their role to fulfil these responsibilities, whilst also being supported within the psychology team.
There will also be potential to supervise newer qualified members of the team, including trainee clinical and forensic psychologists, designing and delivering training for colleagues as well as teaching on the Clinical Doctorate at the University of Hull.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Education and Training
Essential
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices relevant to the clinical area
Desirable
- Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. complex PTSD, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities etc)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co‑ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision
Desirable
- Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
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 UK Visas and Immigration website.
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. Guidance can be found here.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Humber Centre
Willerby Hill
Hull
HU10 6ED
United Kingdom
Employer’s website
https://www.humber.nhs.uk/
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