Principal Clinical /Counselling psychologist

Job overview

At HMP YOI Peterborough, NHFT deliver the mental health service, perinatal mental health, an integrated substance misuse service (ISMS) and primary healthcare service all delivered in an integrated and collaborative manner. The successful candidate will be a valued member of the broader NHFT team at the prison and within the Trust, with a core role within the Mental Health Team. The successful candidate will receive regular clinical professional supervision from the NHFT Secured Services Consultant Counselling Psychologist Sunil Lad, and form part of a wider network of Clinical, Counselling and Forensic Psychologists working in Forensic settings in NHFT as well as the wider Trust. There will be responsibility to supervise other psychologists and assistant psychologists.

HMP YOI Peterborough, comprises of a category B remand prison for over 900 men and a closed female prison for over 300 women, with a 12 bed Mother and Baby Unit (MBU). We are looking for a psychologist who possesses, highly specialist knowledge and experience of working with those with high risk and complex mental health needs, with forensic and trauma history and, ideally, experienced within forensic settings.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will promote and support a trauma informed care approach and support the work of the wider team with teaching, training, and supervision. The successful candidate will lead on the development and delivery of specialised psychological assessment and intervention, both individual and group, delivered by the mental health team. Provide supervision to the Senior Assistant Psychologist and others delivering psychological intervention. Support the team to develop case formulations and formulation led care plans. To hold a small complex caseload. Provide specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, risk assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients and others involved in the patient's care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

In addition to the benefits offered under the NHS terms and conditions of service, this post additionally attracts a Recruitment and Retention incentive of £5000  for the successful applicant/s paid over the first 18 months of employment (given probation / supervision standards are met),  Please note incentive payments are not applicable to existing NHFT substantive staff. Terms and conditions apply.