This is an exciting opportunity for someone who values MDT working and has a passion for improving the lives of forensic people with LDA.

We are looking for either a secondment or fixed term contract to cover maternity leave for our highly Specalist Clinical Psychologist within the Transforming Care (TC) Communtiy Forensic Team (CFT). This post will run until November 2025. This post can either be a B7or 8a dependant on experience.

This post is open to both full or part time hours. Should this be a secondment opportunity, we can consider this being a split post with your current team, if this would work for the current teams functioning.

The purpose of this role is to provide Clinical/Forensic Psychology provision to individuals with Intellectual Disability and/or fit the Transforming Care Programme as part of the Community Forensic Team. The post holder must have specialist forensic/ clinical training and experience, including with intellectual disability and/or autism.

Main duties of the job

Please read the person specification and job description for full details of this post. Please contact Paul Bates for further clarification paul.bates6@nhs.net

Overview of the key duties are:

• Complete comprehensive risk assessments and formulations.
• Provide psychological intervention to individuals with an intellectual disability and/ or autism.
• To ensure there is provision of clinical supervision, clinical leadership and reflective practice within the team.
• Provide liaison and consultation to other LPFT teams and/ or other teams who work with our patient group.
• To work as part of the MDT to reduce the risk of admission for individuals on the TC cohort.
• To develop and provide training to healthcare providers who support our patient group.
• To support the team manager by leading on service development and systematic provision planning from a psychological perspective, specifically in relation to the service for forensic clients with intellectual disability and/or autism.

About us

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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life . Visit beinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Childcare Vouchers

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Get in touch today:

Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Paul Bates, via email at paul.bates6@nhs.net or by telephone 01522 421645.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BPS accredited honours degree in Psychology
• A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology accredited by the BPS or equivalent qualification
• Registered member of HCPC
• Clinical supervision training for doctorate clinical psychology trainees or equivalent for forensic trainees
• Eligible for chartered status as a forensic psychologist

Desirable

• Additional training in Autism assessment
• Accredited in specific ID/Autism Training e.g. PBS trained, SPELL trained

Experience

Essential

• Training in clinical supervision of trainee and newly-qualified Clinical Psychologists
• Training to a level equivalent to a PG Diploma in a clinical specialism that will have a positive impact on the existing team

Skills

Essential

• Post-qualification experience specialising in psychological services for autistic adults (with/without learning disabilities), to include experience of specialising in a particular area of psychology
• Experience of providing clinical leadership, particularly with regard to other professions (e.g. nursing, MDTs)
• Experienced in working with individuals with other complex needs including developmental disorders, neurological disorders, mental illness, and combinations of these with learning disabilities (multiple diagnoses)
• Experienced in working with the full range of cognitive abilities from profound to mild LD
• Experienced in communicating with clients who have severe limitations in comprehension and expression
• Experienced in working with individuals who have multiple disabilities
• Experienced in working with individuals with challenging and very hostile behaviours
• Experienced in working with adults who have been abused or neglected
• Experienced in working with highly dependent/ institutionalised clients and working by proxy through other staff
• Experienced in identifying risk factors and consulting on issues of risk with other agencies
• Experienced in working across a range of care settings including out-patient, in-patient, community and residential care settings
• Experienced in initiating and providing psychological services and initiating and managing change
• Experienced in multidisciplinary and multi-agency working including working in teams and of taking a lead in team case work
• Experience of working with individuals with dual diagnosis of learning disabilities and personality disorder
• Experience of representing psychological service in multidisciplinary fora
• Experience of managing the activities or caseloads of trainee or recently qualified psychologists

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carholme Court

Long Leys Road

Lincoln

LN1 1FS

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