Job Summary
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 8a Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist to join our Psychology Department in the ELFT Forensic Directorate, which was recently rated Outstanding by the CQC. The post holder will be based in the medium secure service at the John Howard Centre. We are looking for someone who has some experience of working in a forensic setting and would be able to take on some organisational and line management responsibilities alongside their clinical role. As a senior member of staff, the post holder will also be supported to take up some wider service development opportunities. ELFT is an inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from applicants from all backgrounds. The Forensic Directorate has good links with the North Thames Clinical Psychology training courses and other academic institutions. There are opportunities to get involved in teaching and training as well as varied CPD opportunities.
Main Duties of the Job
* Responsible for providing a specialist psychology service to service users in the medium secure service at the John Howard Centre, including highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
* To offer advice, supervision, training and consultation on service users' psychological care to non-psychology colleagues.
* To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures, and the psychology department's objectives.
* To utilise research skills in audit and other research and development activities.
* As a senior member of the psychology department, to supervise and direct the work of assistant and trainee psychologists as required. To provide clinical supervision to more junior clinical, forensic, or counselling psychologists and to contribute to service development.
About Us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job Responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical
* To provide specialist psychological assessments based on the integration of complex qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources, including selecting, administering, scoring and interpreting appropriate standardised psychometric assessment tools.
* To draw on a broad theoretical knowledge of psychology to consider and evaluate different treatment options, and formulate and implement plans for the specialist psychological treatment and/or management of patients' mental health and related problems.
* To implement a range of specialist psychological interventions for individual patients and groups, and where appropriate for carers within the forensic service.
* To be responsible for providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive, distressing and emotional information in relation to mental health and forensic issues both verbally and in writing.
* To communicate across language and cultural barriers with patients or carers, using interpreters when necessary.
* To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the psychological care of service users.
* To incorporate risk assessment and management into all aspects of clinical work.
Patient Care
* To provide specialist psychological advice, supervision and consultation to members of the multidisciplinary team.
* To co-ordinate and supervise the work of assistant psychologists and trainee clinical psychologists on placement in the forensic service.
Administration
* To maintain the highest standards of clinical record-keeping including electronic data-entry and recording, report writing, and dissemination of relevant information appropriately to other professionals.
Management
* To advise service and psychology management on psychological and organisational matters.
* To represent psychology on a service-wide operation/working group.
Human Resources
* To participate in the recruitment of new staff as required.
Performance and Quality
* To develop and maintain the highest professional standards of practice.
Financial and Physical Resources
* To ensure the proper use and protection of restricted psychology equipment and test materials.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification/Training
* Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology, or equivalent qualification.
Experience
* Experience of providing specialist psychological assessments and treatment interventions to patients with complex problems.
Knowledge and Skills
* Skills in delivering psychological interventions in individual and/or group formats.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Employer Details
Employer name: East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: John Howard Centre, 12 Kenworthy Road, London, E9 5TD
Website: East London NHS Foundation Trust
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