Job summary
- Main area
- Forensic or Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7 - Band 8
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week (The role is for 3.5 days)
- Job ref
- 186-874-24-FS
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- National Deaf Service - Prison In reach
- Town
- Retford
- Salary
- £43,742 - £57,349 pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Qualified Psychologist 7/8a
Band 7 - Band 8
Job overview
This is an exciting role for an early career or well established clinical or forensic psychologist looking to specialise in an incredibly niche and emerging field. The role is part of the National Deaf Services in reach provision and you will be involved in providing psychological support and interventions into an established Prison in reach programme. You will be part of the National Deaf service and wider Rampton psychology team which comprises two other national services, namely the National Learning Disability and National Women's Service as well as the regional Men's Personality Service and Mental Health services.
Main duties of the job
The Post-holder will provide a highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy service to the Hospital and specifically to the National High Secure Deaf Service and prison in-reach service. The NHSDS is a 10 bedded unit providing mental health care to men with a mental disorder and who are deaf. The role will also involve working into a range of Prison establishments providing psychological input as required.
The post holder will provide a specialist psychological assessment and therapy service to ward clinical teams within the Hospital. The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy and will offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and Rampton Hospital’s policies, procedures and service priorities.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post offers an exciting opportunity to join the team providing high quality clinical input to the National Service for the treatment of Deaf mentally disordered patients in a high secure setting, as well as delivering psychological in-reach work to Deaf individuals in the Prison system. This will involve providing high quality assessment and intervention on an individual and group basis to a ten bedded ward for Deaf mentally disordered male patients at Rampton; as well as providing psychological interventions to those referred via the Prison in-reach team.
Opportunities for training, supervision and support will be provided to consolidate clinical skills and to develop professional practice.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Psychology Degree accredited by the BPS. MSc / Doctorate in Clinical or Forensic Psychology. Must be registered with the HPC as a Clinical or Forensic Psychologist.
Training
Essential criteria
- Training has included models of psychopathology, psychometric assessment, developmental psychology through the life span and two or more distinct approaches to therapeutic intervention.
- British Sign Language and/or willingness to train to an appropriate level as required by the service
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with deaf populations and culture
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical interventions with offenders or patients presenting with personality difficulties; mental health difficulties, learning disability or neurodivergence.
- Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary settings.
- Experience of working with presenting difficulties relevant to Deaf services and culture.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of conference presentation/teaching;
- Evidence of publication
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and skills across a range of aspects of clinical and forensic psychology (e.g. violent offending behaviour, deliberate self-harm).
- Knowledge and demonstrated awareness of how issues of diversity (race, culture, identity, gender and sexuality) can be taken into account in service provision.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge and psychological interventions relevant to Forensic Deaf services and culture.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Record of clinical effectiveness;
- Ability to plan and organise clinical service provision to meet demands;
Desirable criteria
- Presentations / dissemination of material at conferences / senior management meetings.
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
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
- Emma Longfellow
- Job title
- Consultant Forensic Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01777 246243
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