Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who values MDT working and has a passion for improving the lives of forensic people with LDA.

We are looking for either a secondment or fixed term contract to cover maternity leave for our highly Specalist Clinical Psychologist within the Transforming Care (TC) Communtiy Forensic Team (CFT). This post will run until November 2025. This post can either be a B7or 8a dependant on experience.

This post is open to both full or part time hours. Should this be a secondment opportunity, we can consider this being a split post with your current team, if this would work for the current teams functioning.

The purpose of this role is to provide Clinical/Forensic Psychology provision to individuals with Intellectual Disability and/or fit the Transforming Care Programme as part of the Community Forensic Team. The post holder must have specialist forensic/ clinical training and experience, including with intellectual disability and/or autism.

Main duties of the job

Please read the person specification and job description for full details of this post. Please contact Paul Bates for further clarification [email protected]

Overview of the key duties are:

• Complete comprehensive risk assessments and formulations.
• Provide psychological intervention to individuals with an intellectual disability and/ or autism.
• To ensure there is provision of clinical supervision, clinical leadership and reflective practice within the team.
• Provide liaison and consultation to other LPFT teams and/ or other teams who work with our patient group.
• To work as part of the MDT to reduce the risk of admission for individuals on the TC cohort.
• To develop and provide training to healthcare providers who support our patient group.
• To support the  team manager by leading on service development  and systematic provision planning  from a psychological perspective, specifically  in relation to the service for forensic clients with intellectual disability and/or autism.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Childcare Vouchers
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Paul Bates, via email at [email protected] or by telephone 01522 421645.