Clinical Forensic Counselling Psychologist/Psychological Therapist (Band 7) - Offender Healthcare - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust – Eastchurch, Kent
This is a developmental post with a introductory Band 7 Psychologist role to progress into a Band 8a Clinical Forensic Counselling Psychologist on completion of competencies. The current post is based within the Integrated Mental Health Teams in Kent Prisons.
Core responsibilities will include supervising qualified psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists, applying the NICE stepped care model and leading on consultation activity with both operational and clinical staff. There would also be an expectation the post holder would carry a case load and carry out psychological assessment and therapy with complex individual and groups of prisoners.
The role will be based at HMP Elmley.
Oxleas Forensic Psychological Therapies department is an unusually large, long established and nationally well regarded specialty. Psychological therapists are highly valued within the wider directorate and trust and occupy a variety of service-wide leadership roles, including as Responsible Clinicians. Staff in the Forensic Directorate report the highest levels of job satisfaction in a Trust recognised for positive employee feedback. The Psychological Therapies team is warm and friendly, whilst also being dynamic and innovative.
Within the psychological therapies department, there is a focus on attachment, trauma and systemic approaches with expert supervision available for several evidence-based therapy modalities such as Mentalisation based Therapy (MBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation therapy (EMDR).
This post is primarily based within Maidstone, Rochester and Standford Hill.
The post holder will supervise pre-qualified psychological therapists.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
* We Listen
* We Care
* Clinical and Client Care
* Responsibilities for team and service clinical functioning
* Policy and service development
* Management and supervision
* Teaching and Training
* Record-keeping and Information Governance
* Research and development
* Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
* To travel to clinical venues, training activities and meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
* To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow Trust policies relating to its management.
* To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations of people in distress or in crisis and who may be abusive and to support others involved in such situations.
* To work flexibly which may include offering some regular commitment to late clinics or weekend working, within the overall Job Plan.
* To be proficient in the use of IT for purposes such as email, electronic calendar, intranet, video calls and electronic clinical records.
* To maintain high standards of clinical record keeping, including electronic clinical records and report writing, in accordance with professional codes of practice and Trust policies and procedures.
* To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues pertaining to the client group.
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All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
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