Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Inpatient Psychology Service at Langdon Hospital for an appropriately qualified Band 8a practitioner psychologist to cover Maternity Leave. You will work as part of an innovative psychology team, which provides specialist psychological work to patients at Langdon Hospital, with the opportunity to work across the directorate.
The psychology team at Langdon includes experienced and enthusiastic clinical, forensic, counselling psychologists and arts therapists, trainee psychologists, and a team of assistant psychologists, one each for our 5 wards across the Medium and Low Secure estate. Forensic mental health settings provide an enviable clinical environment in which to pursue clinical interests and develop specialism in areas such as risk assessment, offence focused work, individual or group work, trauma, psychosis, personality and relational difficulties, as well as cognitive and developmental difficulties. The work can involve a range of assessment and therapeutic approaches, modalities and timeframes.
Main duties of the job
1. Being an autonomous practitioner responsible for your own clinical activity and accountable for observing and interpreting professional and Trust guidelines for professional conduct including accurate record keeping.
2. Providing consultation, advice, and clinical supervision to other professionals and agencies including Band 7 Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Trainee and undergraduate Psychologists.
3. Devising, supervising and formulating clients' presenting difficulties based upon the appropriate theoretical and conceptual frameworks and evidence-based practice.
4. Delivering individual and group interventions.
5. Meeting appropriate standards of practice in the quality and timeliness of the service provided. Standards of practice will include those defined by: the British Psychological Society (including the Division of Clinical Psychology); the HCPC and/or other relevant bodies such as UKCP and Devon Partnership Trust.
6. Keeping adequate clinical records in accordance with Trust guidance.
7. Undertaking risk and other assessments (where relevant) and collaborating on the risk management of individuals together with the multi-disciplinary team.
8. Undertake other responsibilities e.g. quality improvement initiatives or service development/evaluation projects to ensure an ever improving, high quality, professional service.
9. Communicating in a clear, professional, skilled and sensitive manner.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Qualified Clinical Psychologist (D.Clin.Psychol.) or equivalent e.g. Forensic Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist, with eligibility for Chartered Psychologist Status in the British Psychological Society.
* Registration with HCPC/BABCP/UKCP/Other Specialist regulatory body.
* Further training in forensic psychology or specialist area relevant to forensic settings.
* Further training in one or more psychological therapies, e.g. CBT, EMDR, CAT, Schema.
Desirable
* Supervision Training.
* Management / Leadership training.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Excellent verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills.
* Strong leadership qualities, resilience and ability to handle ambiguity and uncertainty.
* Skills in managing conflict, negotiation & achieving consensus in complex situations in the pursuit of agreed strategic aims.
* Ability to integrate complex data; make highly skilled evaluations and decisions; and take a long term perspective.
* Organisation and time management skills. Ability to prioritise and work responsively and flexibly to manage individual, supervisee and organizational goals.
* Project management experience.
Experience
Essential
* Broad knowledge of forensic services; and of the services in the NHS where clinical psychology is commonly applied.
* Extensive knowledge of the evidence base, skills and practice of Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology.
* Knowledge of the policy context of services to DPT and of leadership in this setting.
* Experience of work in Forensic Services in a range of service settings or agencies.
* Skills in applying complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and management.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of psychologists.
* Experience in undertaking leadership roles within clinical psychology services in the NHS, and in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of strategies and clinical policies in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency contexts.
* Experience, and/or training in diversity awareness and social inequality.
* Experience of providing a range of assessments, formulation and therapies to address forensic as well as mental health difficulties.
* Experience of providing supervision for qualified psychologists, trainees and assistant psychologists in psychological therapies to address forensic and mental health difficulties.
Desirable
* Experience of leadership and proven outcomes in service development.
* Innovation and creative development and implementation of evidence based therapies.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr