Clinical Associate Psychologist

**About The Role***:UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE**
**+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our mental health care team at HMP Preston, a busy Category B local prison for males, with capacity of around 750.

This is a brand new role, and is a fantastic opportunity to work in an everchanging, challenging environment, which is hugely rewarding

Within this role you will support and enhance the psychological care of patients, providing psychological assessments and low to medium intensity psychological interventions.

**Hours**:
This is a full time role, 37.5 hours per week, working Monday to Friday 08:30 - 16:30 / 09:00 - 17:00.

**Salary**:
This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary of £42,094 - £47,466 - depending on experience.

**How will we support you?**
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team

**What you'll be doing**:
As a Clinical Associate Psychologist your responsibilities will vary. You will:

- Work with the wider mental health team to identify patients who may benefit from psychological intervention
- Manage a caseload of patients, providing comprehensive psychological assessment, including risk assessment, and psychological formulations to support patients
- Identify and deliver appropriate 1-1 and group interventions to patients in line with the Psychological & Talking Therapies Service (PTTS) pathways and in line with agreed guidance from the registered psychologist
- Maintain accurate clinical records
- Identify and provide opportunities for other members of the multi-disciplinary team to gain understanding of how psychological knowledge can support their work with patients
- Contribute to audit, research and service evaluation projects

If you are interested in **career development,** we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both **internal and external options** for development and learning.

**It doesn’t stop there**we also offer:

- Company pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
- An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- Excellent long-term career prospects
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

**What we’ll look for in you**:
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background. Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values: we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated, we act with integrity, we embrace diversity we strive to do things better together.

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

**Qualifications required**:

- Bachelor in Psychology (entitlement to graduate basis for chartered membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society or MSc in Forensic/ Health
- Completed BPS accredited CAP apprenticeship training programme level 7
- Evidence of foundation training in evidence-based psychological frameworks i.e. CFT, CBT, DBT, ACT Knowledge of evidenced based psychological therapies relevant to managing mental health distress

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.