Senior Registered Psychologist

3 weeks ago

Aylesbury, United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Full time

**Senior Registered Psychologist - Psychology Services HMP Aylesbury - 72540**
**£44,332 - £53,201**
**Aylesbury**:
**Overview of the job**

This is non-operational prisoner facing job

**Summary**

The job holders covered by this job description are usually categorised as specialists in their field or those whose role requires significant additional experience, training and personal development.

**Responsibilities, Activities and Duties**

The job holder will be required to carry out the following responsibilities, activities and duties:

- Reviews cases and reconsiders the professional advice given by other psychologists on the potential release of serious prisoners
- Conducts full case reviews on difficult cases and offers authoritative advice on next steps relating to sentence plan
- Specialises in delivery of psychology services in settings such as therapeutic community wings
- Lead and supervise and facilitate group sessions
- Offers professional opinion to multi functional teams conducting offender reports e.g. risk reports, parole reports on high risk or vulnerable prisoners
- Delivers and supervises (treatment management) the delivery of more complex programmes e.g. healthy sexual functioning
- Provides consultancy support to colleagues such as an establishment Senior Management Team (SMT) in relation to psychology services and outcomes
- Conducts relevant research including data gathering and analysis
- Act as a “professional witness” in parole board hearings, multi-agency meetings, and other formal settings where psychology input is required. May also act as expert witness in respect of court proceedings for Ministry of Justice
- Responsible for managing and providing professional supervision to trainee forensic psychology staff
- Provides supervision, training, mentoring and support to trainee psychologists and where relevant other staff such as interventions staff
- Assist in national specialist tasks such as training on courses related to their specialist discipline
- Provides professional supervision to support a trainee in developing through the key steps towards chartered and registered status. This may be as a coordinating or designated supervisor
- Leads on risk assessment and resulting risk management of complex, vulnerable or high risk prisoners. Will be competent to undertake the full range of risk assessments including the more complex risk assessments. Gives feedback of the assessment to the prisoner and other stakeholders
- Contributes to other offender management processes (usually with more complex cases in work such as Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) assessments and self harm or personality disorder assessments)
- Provides consultancy role to wider team on their specialist activity. Visit a range of sites to advise on complex cases
- Act as a negotiation adviser where suitable and competence has been demonstrated
- Manage own Continued Professional Development (CPD) requirements and maintains professional standards
- Ensure they maintain their professional Health Professions Council (HPC) registration
- Provide a psychological contribution to the work of areas of the regime such as a therapeutic community
- Provide psychological reports when requested for life sentence prisoners and to submit within the appropriate time framework
- Responsible for relevant accreditation audit baselines as detailed in the audit document
- Line management of trainee psychologists

The duties/responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present and is not intended to be exhaustive. The job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary. Significant adjustments may require re-examination under the Job Evaluation Scheme and shall be discussed in the first instance with the job holder.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or

**Behaviours**
- Making Effective Decisions
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
- Developing Self and Others
- Managing a Quality Service
- Delivering at Pace

**Essential Experience**

Possess a professional background in one of the following disciplines: Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Nursing

Experience in providing clinical supervision

Completed relevant training in effective models of treatment and best practise

They are likely to also be a Chartered Psychologist and Full member of the appropriate division of the BPS if the post requires it.

**Technical Requirements**

The job holder will be a Registered Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Professions Council and eligible to use a protected title.

**Salary**:
£44,332 - £53,201

**Additional Information**:
**Working Arrangements & Further Information**

Standard working hours for this post are 37 hours per week excluding breaks which are unpaid.

If you are a current NPS employee, this vacancy may be available on a

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