Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Open to consider part-time hours)
- Job ref
- 338-6998353-25
- Employer
- Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Humber Centre for Forensic Psychiatry
- Town
- Hull
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Forensic, Clinical, Counselling Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019
Job overview
This is a great opportunity for a psychologist to further develop skills working with adults with complex mental health problems within the Forensic Division. This is a fixed-term post, for nine months, based at an inpatient secure hospital; the Humber Centre, Willerby, Hull (10 minutes from Humber bridge). This role is suitable for a person already working at Band 8a level, or a Band 7 Psychologist, who would like to develop into an 8a role. The option for internal secondment is also available.
The position will predominately be working within medium and low secure services within a friendly and welcoming psychology team. The role involves completing assessments and interventions with individuals detained under the Mental Health Act. There will be multi-disciplinary working with a range of professionals supporting patients in their care and contributing to service development and delivery.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and enjoy team working, as well as having autonomy to deliver key trauma informed interventions and complete assessments relating to forensic risk and mental health needs. Skills and experience in interventions such as DBT, EMDR, CAT, CBT, CFT and Schema Therapy are all welcomed. Experience of working with forensic risk would be of value.
As well as completing direct work with service users within secure care, there may also be opportunity to work alongside social services to complete assessments regarding risk to children and within prison to complete assessments and interventions.
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- To hold and maintain current professional registration in line with HCPC as a practitioner psychologist
- Skills in co-ordinating programmes of care, and providing consultation and specialist advice to other professional and non-professional groups
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
Desirable criteria
- Broadly based knowledge of the theory and practice of advanced psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. complex PTSD, personality disorder, dual diagnosis, people with disabilities etc)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan.
- Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
Desirable criteria
- A breadth of clinical practice including clinically specialising in the field where the post is held
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels i.e. strategically and locally
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carolyn Scott
- Job title
- Forensic Division Interim Lead Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482336219
- Additional information
Sam Watson
01482 336210
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