Clinical Psychologist

4 weeks ago


Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom newscientist - Jobboard Full time
Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7/8a HCPC registered Psychologist to join our Inpatient Psychology Team on the Fieldhead Hospital site. As part of a supportive Psychology team, you will be committed to delivering high quality trauma informed services within our forensic low and medium secure mental health care group.

The post holder will work into the Bretton Centre, a low secure mental health service for men with 38 beds across 3 wards. This includes an acute/assessment ward, a rehabilitation, and a pre-discharge ward. The service offers a unique opportunity to hold a varied caseload with complex service users across different stages of their recovery. We have strong supervisory and professional networks, and a focus on personal and professional development, including offering further training in specialist forensic risk assessment and trauma focused therapeutic interventions.

Main Duties of the Job

The successful candidate will provide assessment, formulation and therapeutic interventions for the inpatient group. This will be via one to one work, through indirect work with the wider MDT, and in providing consultation and training to colleagues within the service. The post-holder will receive regular clinical supervision from psychologists based within the forensic care group and if required will be supported to complete their own supervisor training. Experience of working with complex mental health needs and of working in secure settings would be desirable but enthusiasm for working with this client group is essential. Well attuned relational and engagement skills are essential as well as the ability to develop and communicate complex formulations.

Job Responsibilities

The post holder will provide a high quality specialist clinical psychology service to clients as part of the multidisciplinary team within the service. Key responsibilities include:
  • Providing highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
  • Providing advice and consultation on psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines, and the overall framework of the team and trusts policies and procedures.
  • Supervising and supporting Psychology Assistants, Trainees and Band 7 HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologists.
  • Utilising research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the areas served by the team/service.
Person Specification

Training

Essential
  • Band 8a: Completion of formal training to meet eligibility as clinical supervisor of Doctoral Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
Qualifications

Essential
  • Band 8a: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
  • Significant Post qualification experience in a Setting relevant to the post.
  • HCPC Registration as a Clinical Psychologist.
  • Band 7: Hons. Degree in Psychology.
  • Doctoral qualification clinical psychology.
  • Appropriate safeguarding training.
  • Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist.
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.
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