Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Psychologist/Psychotherapist

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Job summary

The post is based at HMP Wandsworth where you will work with a team of psychological therapists and multi-professional mental health colleagues to embed psychologically informed care in the prison.

Main duties of the job

You will work to the Trust's vision and values, and focus on enabling all staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment. You will promote an environment in which therapeutic relationships facilitate safety and change, by offering psychological perspectives and emotional support to officers and nursing teams and by promoting psychological thinking in operational teams. You should have interests in working with complex trauma where there is associated risk, including providing direct psychological assessments and interventions and working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency contexts mental health disciplines and with other agencies.

Aside from the stimulating clinical work, benefits of the post include monthly teaching sessions within the psychology department, monthly peer supervision in addition to regular individual supervision, a range of interesting CPD opportunities and opportunities for future career progression within the department. The successful applicant will have access to specialist trauma training, including EMDR.

About us

Oxleas Forensic Psychological Therapies department is an unusually large, long established and nationally well-regarded specialty. Psychological therapists are highly valued within the wider directorate and trust and occupy a variety of service-wide leadership roles, including as Responsible Clinicians. Staff in the Forensic Directorate report the highest levels of job satisfaction in a Trust recognised for positive employee feedback. The Psychological Therapies team is warm and friendly, whilst also being dynamic and innovative.

Within the psychological therapies department, there is a focus on attachment, trauma and systemic approaches with expert supervision available for several evidence-based therapy modalities such Mentalisation based Therapy (MBT) and Eye Movement Desensitisation therapy (EMDR).

Details

Date posted

28 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year pa inc

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-5284031-WANDS-A

Job locations

HMP Wandsworth

London

SW18 3HU


Job description

Job responsibilities

This post is primarily based within HMP Wandsworth. The role is dynamic, with clinical tasks, staff support, supervisory roles and non-clinical responsibilities carried out with the support of the psychology leadership. The postholder will be able to demonstrate a keen interest in working with people who have led chaotic lives and who present with complex mental health needs and forensic histories.

The postholder will supervise pre and post qualified psychological therapists including assistant psychologists, students and trainees.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post is primarily based within HMP Wandsworth. The role is dynamic, with clinical tasks, staff support, supervisory roles and non-clinical responsibilities carried out with the support of the psychology leadership. The postholder will be able to demonstrate a keen interest in working with people who have led chaotic lives and who present with complex mental health needs and forensic histories.

The postholder will supervise pre and post qualified psychological therapists including assistant psychologists, students and trainees.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctorate or equivalent in clinical/counselling/forensic psychology

HCPC registration

Essential

  • HCPC registration

Clinical skills

Essential

  • Assessment and intervention skills with multiple client groups and settings

Teaching and training

Essential

  • Experience of teaching and training psychological and non-psychological colleagues

Communication

Essential

  • Effective communication skills in high stress environments

Team working

Essential

  • Ability to work independently and part of a team

Consultation

Essential

  • Experience of consultation and working with complexity
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Doctorate or equivalent in clinical/counselling/forensic psychology

HCPC registration

Essential

  • HCPC registration

Clinical skills

Essential

  • Assessment and intervention skills with multiple client groups and settings

Teaching and training

Essential

  • Experience of teaching and training psychological and non-psychological colleagues

Communication

Essential

  • Effective communication skills in high stress environments

Team working

Essential

  • Ability to work independently and part of a team

Consultation

Essential

  • Experience of consultation and working with complexity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

London

SW18 3HU


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Wandsworth

London

SW18 3HU


Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Forensic Psychologist

Varinder Panesar

varinder.panesar@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

28 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year pa inc

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-5284031-WANDS-A

Job locations

HMP Wandsworth

London

SW18 3HU


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