Clinical​/Forensic Psychologist

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:

• Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
• Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do

We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more. The North London Way to deliver:
Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

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We are recruiting a kind-hearted, highly motivated and passionate Clinical/Forensic Psychologist to support leading the Psychology Service at the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre (HIRC; North London Mental Health NHS Trust).

Psychology interventions are provided to residents experiencing a range of mental health difficulties; including complex emotional needs and PTSD as well as difficulties associated with anxiety and mood.

The post-holder will also be expected to take a leading role on the continued facilitation and ongoing development of Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA) and framework. It is an exciting time to join the NLFS, as we embed trauma-informed and co-produced care across the service and conduct a range of QI and research projects to help our learning and processes.

This role would suit you if you are interested in attachment focused and trauma-informed approaches to considering human distress and trauma. There are a range of training, CPD and research opportunities available for you to develop your skills in this area; we have recently trained staff in Schema and Compassion‑Focused Therapies, EMDR and narrative interventions.

There are opportunities for flexible and hybrid working, although the predominant base for the roles will be at the HIRC. The post-holder will be responsible for supporting leading the Psychology Service at the IRC. They will be expected to work as a senior member of the MDT, and provide consultation, co‑working, clinical and operational supervision, as well as developing specific training to enhance the systematic provision of psychological interventions.

More generally, the post holder will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non‑psychologist colleagues and to other, non‑professional careers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures.

The post-holder will also make a leading contribution to the learning culture of the team and wider service and play an integral role in the continued development Trauma‐Informed Approaches and to contribute to audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the North London Forensic Service.

• To support the team's lead with strategic overview and senior clinical leadership of the provision of psychological interventions at the HIRC.
• To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals and group.
• To provide overall clinical responsibility to highly complex clients who are assessed as posing a high risk of harm to self and others within HIRC.
• To provide highly specialist and expert psychological assessment, intervention and treatment.
• To provide supervision…