Senior Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.

In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic Senior Psychological Therapist to join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Mental Health Inreach Team at HMP Woodhill
. By joining our Surrey Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of the prisoners, but also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being. We are keen to recruit someone with a passion for working with people in custody, and those who have experienced trauma, adversity and offending.

Working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those in prison, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion. We strive to deliver a culturally competent and responsive service that can meet the needs of our population. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Note: The following main duties reflect the need to integrate clinical psychology within the wider mental health team and to provide specialist assessments and treatment.

• Provide a key role in integrating clinical psychology within the wider mental health team.
• Provide a comprehensive specialist clinical psychology service to service users.
• Provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy and offer advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to other members of the clinical team.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
• Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the Health & Justice Services Directorate.
• Provide clinical supervision to other members of the team when appropriate.
• Contribute to reflective practice and critical thinking of the team on a case-by-case basis and in service improvement.

To contribute to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To undertake risk assessment, formulation and management for individual clients with complex presentations and to provide advice on psychological aspects of risk assessment, formulation and management. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner information concerning assessment, formulation and treatment plans and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.

To promote and participate in multi-disciplinary team working, development and liaison. To promote user and carer involvement in care planning and service development. To be up to date with both de-escalation, physical breakaway and PMVA techniques appropriate to the service environment.

• Doctoral level training in clinical, forensic or clinical psychology, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, equivalent to that accredited by the BPS.
• Evidence of post-qualification specialist training,…