Specialist Clinical or Forensic Psychologist

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist / Forensic Psychologist to join our team , responsible for the autonomous provision of a highly specialist psychological service for service users in the Francis Willis Low Secure Forensic Unit

The successful candidate will provide clinical supervision to psychologists in training, assistant psychologists and junior colleagues; provide expert psychological services to clients, and to other agencies and professions, and clinical leadership in respect of psychological aspects of service planning, co-ordination, and management as agreed with the Head of Specialty.

We are a long-established psychology department consisting of six psychologists working across nine acute, rehabilitation and low secure wards, and the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment teams across the county.

We value CPD within the department, and are keen support ongoing learning and development, recent fully funded training has included DBT, Schema, CAT, MCT, MBT, EMDR, DISCO and ADOS training.

Applications are invited from candidates who would like to help improve our patient experience within Low Secure services. This is an exciting and challenging role which will afford the successful candidate the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care through evidence-based practice.

Essential Criteria:
BSc Honours degree in Psychology.

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or Forensic psychology (or its equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct therapies. Post-qualification further training in a specialist therapy.

Significant experience of working with Forensic populations

Experience:
Experience of working in inpatient settings

Experience of delivering groups

Experience of teaching and training

Experience of supervising clinical or forensic trainees and other colleagues.

Relationships and Communications - Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, partners, their families, carers and other professional colleagues

Legislative Knowledge - Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice and professional management of this client group.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Responsible for the autonomous provision of a highly specialist psychological service for service users in the Francis Willis Unit.

Provide clinical supervision to psychologists in training, assistant psychologists and junior colleagues.

Provide specialist psychological input to the risk management and mental health treatment of patients detained within the Francis Willis Unit; provide clinical leadership in respect of psychological aspects of service planning, co-ordination, and management as agreed with the Head of Specialty.

Supervise and support the clinical work of other professions as required.

Ensure delivery of a highly specialist psychological service for adults within the Francis Willis Unit.

Undertakes audit and research activities, take part in CPD and training and adhere to professional and Trust guidelines.