Senior Clinical or Forensic Psychologist - Band 8a or Band 7 Development Post - WTE 1.0 (37.5 hours).

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical or Forensic Psychologist to join an established, team of Clinical and Forensic Psychologists in the Secure Services for people with Intellectual Disabilities at Brooklands Hospital. The post holder will provide clinical and forensic input into the Men's and Women's (Low and Medium) Secure Services at Brooklands Hospital .

The secure service ethos is to help and support people who present considerable risk to others (as well as themselves) to return to a less restrictive environment and/or the community as soon as possible. The contribution of psychological services is highly valued within the teams and service management, and it is fully integrated within collaborative multi-disciplinary teams.

The successful candidate will have post qualification experience of working with forensic populations and/or considerable experience of working with people with Intellectual (learning) disabilities who present considerable risk to others.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include: Delivering psychological assessments, individual and group therapies, team formulations, reflective practice and offering supervision and training, and undertaking audit/research. Contributing to and leading on service development projects is an important part of this role.

The psychology department at Brooklands is a well-established and supportive service and the successful applicant will receive support to further develop their skills and knowledge, through good quality supervision and training opportunities. The team, work from a number of different therapeutic approaches including CBT, CAT, CFT, EMDR and Schema Therapy. The service offers a range of clinical and offence focused treatment programmes e.g., DBT and structured offence programmes and PBS is embedded in the service.

All members of the psychology team receive excellent support, good supervision, and opportunities for continuing professional development. The post holder will be trained and supported to develop their forensic assessment skills and/or therapeutic skills in a model applicable to the service user population. There is opportunity for personal and service development work.

The service has strong links with local clinical and forensic training doctorate courses and is a placement provider. There are also strong links with community learning disability teams across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart' this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

12-month preceptorship

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

flexible working opportunities

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you do not meet the criteria for the band 8a role, we will also support applications from candidates that meet the criteria for the band 7 role and job description (please see additional documents on the NHS Jobs).

In these instances, the successful candidate would be appointed to a Developmental Post role at band 7 and provided opportunities and support to progress to the band 8a role upon successful completion of a preceptorship programme. It is expected that this process will be achievable within a period of up to two years, although timescales may vary between different staff members in Developmental Posts. In the event that elements of the expected competencies to progress to 8a are not fully met, the role will remain as a band 7.

This will be further discussed as part of the interview and recruitment process as appropriate. Applications from newly qualified/soon to qualify clinicians would therefore be welcomed.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology
• Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Committed to working collaboratively, as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with the Psychology Team
• Experience of working with adults with forensic needs/inpatient secure settings

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Brooklands Hospital

Marston Green

Birmingham

B37 7HH

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

444-6696263-BL