Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Position
1 week ago
About the Role
We are seeking a highly specialist clinical psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a clinical psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to culturally diverse service-users with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.
Main Duties
- Provide specialist psychological assessments of service-users who present with enduring mental health difficulties and offending behaviour.
- Formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service-user's mental health and high-risk behaviours.
- Deliver a range of evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals and groups.
- Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models.
- Exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, initiation, and termination of psychological treatment.
- Provide specialist consultation, advice, and support on psychological approaches.
- Undertake ongoing risk assessment and risk management, and provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of forensic risk assessment and risk management.
- Communicate the outcome of assessment and therapy to the referrer, the multi-disciplinary team, and the wider health, social care, and criminal justice system, as appropriate, including the production of formal written reports.
- Support psychological practice within the team and the wider service through consultation, supervision, formulation, and training.
- Provide line management and supervision to qualified, trainee, and assistant psychologists as delegated by the lead psychologist.
- Utilise skills in research, service evaluation, and audit to improve the understanding and effectiveness of services.
About Us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community, and social care in the UK. It provides a broad range of forensic mental health care in adult male and female services, across high, medium, and low security settings, as well as in a community and court diversion setting. The post is based in the low secure service, which provides 72 beds across assessment, rehabilitation, and pre-discharge wards. West London Forensic Service has been rated as outstanding by the CQC.
The psychological therapies department, which comprises a team of over 30 psychologists and psychological therapists, is well-established and supportive with high standards of clinical supervision and excellent opportunities for continuing professional development.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+, and experience of mental illness.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Good honours degree (2:1 minimum) in Psychology. Eligibility for graduate membership of BPS.
- Post-graduate doctorate in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or those in lateral transfer), Forensic Psychology, or Counselling Psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
- Training in clinical supervision for Doctoral, and equivalent, trainees.
Skills
- Able to provide and receive highly complex, highly sensitive, or highly contentious information, where there are significant barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills such as would be required when communicating in a hostile, antagonistic, or highly emotive atmosphere.
- Able to make judgements involving highly complex facts or situations, which require the evaluation of a range of options (the assessment of specialist clinical conditions and the determination of treatment options), where expert opinions may differ.
- Able to plan, prioritise, and organise own service-user caseload, treatment programmes (individual or group) involving other staff, and other aspects of the work such as research activity Keyboard skills.
- Post-graduate level knowledge of research design and methodology.
Experience
- Experience of working as a qualified (specialist) psychologist for a minimum of one year in a forensic clinical setting (or equivalent).
Knowledge
- Advanced specialist knowledge, both theoretical and practical, of psychology applied to forensic clinical practice.
- Completion of at least 1 year's supervised practice in specialist forensic clinical practice.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for work with mentally disordered offenders.
Other Requirements
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Psychomotor skills necessary to administer complex psychological tests and video equipment.
- Able to complete satisfactorily breakaway training.
- Able to use database, word processing, and test administration/scoring software.
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist Position
2 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to culturally diverse service-users with enduring mental health difficulties and offending...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.About the RoleThe...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.About the RoleThe...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
3 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.About the...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
3 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.About the...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
1 month ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.About the RoleThe...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
1 month ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob Title: Highly Specialist Clinical PsychologistWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. As a Clinical Psychologist, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality psychology service to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and offending histories.About the RoleThe...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
2 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full timeSanctuary Personnel Ltd, a leading recruitment agency with a strong reputation, is seeking an experienced and dedicated Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to fill a new ongoing contract role.Key DetailsPay Rate: £40 per hour (assignment rate)Effortless Registration: Our streamlined online registration process makes it convenient and hassle-free for...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
1 month ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
1 month ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
1 week ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist to join our inpatient service at West London Forensic Service (WLFS). This is a full-time post, which can be appointed at Band 7 or Band 8a depending on experience and with responsibilities adjusted accordingly. For Band 7, this will be a preceptorship towards an 8a...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
3 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
3 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
6 days ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full timeJob SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Psychologist to join our team at West London NHS Trust. This is a challenging and rewarding role that will involve working with individuals who have complex mental health needs and offending histories.Main Duties and ResponsibilitiesConduct highly specialist psychological assessments of service-users who...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions to children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions to children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
1 month ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.Key ResponsibilitiesProvide specialist psychological assessments and interventions for children and young people with Autism, working closely with families and...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.The successful candidate will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist assessment, interventions, and consultations to a small group of young...
-
Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
4 weeks ago
London, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our Dynamic Support Team, working with children and young people with Autism in South West London.The successful candidate will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to provide specialist assessment, interventions, and consultations to a small group of young...
-
London, Greater London, United Kingdom Sanctuary Personnel Ltd Full timeSanctuary Personnel Ltd, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a strong reputation for excellence, is currently seeking an experienced and dedicated Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to take on a new ongoing contract role.Clinical Psychologist Pay Rate: £40 per hour (assignment rate)Location: SuttonBenefits of working with...
