Job summary
Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist
NLFS Secure Inpatient & Community Services
Are you looking for somewhere to establish your career in Forensic Mental Health and care provision or perhaps looking for a change? Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills and trauma-informed practice?
The NLFS is recruiting B7 Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologists OR Band 6 applicants applicates who are likely to achieve registration within 6 months of their start date to provide psychological input within the following pathways:
- Secure inpatient care with input to the Forensic Learning Disability pathway (0.5 WTE)
- Specialist Forensic Community Team (2.0 WTE)
- Research Team (0.5 WTE)
The candidates will support the provision of psychological interventions within a MDT setting. This will include the provision of highly specialist psychological assessment and interventions, in addition to contributing to developing research, offering supervision, training and reflective practice to psychology staff and other clinicians.
It is an exciting time to join 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. 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-Focused Therapy and EMDR.
Main duties of the job
The post holder would provide a range of assessments and interventions as part of a MDT, leading on the delivery of psychology within the team. The role includes direct clinical work (1:1 and group work) and consultation/training to colleagues and other professionals. One of the successful candidates will also contribute to the development of research projects in our service.
The ethos of the service is based on recovery and enablement with focus on individual service user needs. These posts require a high level of written and verbal communication skills, as well as an ability to engage well with agencies, colleagues, and service users, often conveying complex or sensitive information. The roles would also include supervision of more junior psychological staff.
Safety at work: To work safely and under guidance in relation to aggression and violence. To minimize risks of physical violence by appropriate planning and taking precautionary measures.
Please direct any specific enquires to:
Dr Filipa Alves-Costa, Lead Psychologist regarding the Research Team roles Tel: 0208 702 4764, Email: Filipa.Alves-Costa@nhs.net
Dr Helen Champion, regarding the roles within the Specialist Community Forensic Team pathway (comprising the Forensic Outreach Service and Choices Community Partnership), Tel: 07392 193127, Email: helen.champion@nhs.net
Dr Rebecca Williams, regarding the role within the Forensic Learning Disability pathway, Tel: 0208 702 6555 Email: rebecca.williams54@nhs.net
About us
Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.
BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS), rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC. This service treats and cares for people within the criminal justice system who have mental health conditions.
We also provide one of the largest eating disorder services in England, as well as drug and alcohol services and mental health liaison services in North Middlesex University Hospitals Trust.
Our values and quality improvement are at the heart of everything we do, please consider joining us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Due to several new developments within the service we are looking for enthusiastic clinical, forensic, or counselling psychologists to provide psychological input within the following pathways of the service:
Job description
Job responsibilities
Due to several new developments within the service we are looking for enthusiastic clinical, forensic, or counselling psychologists to provide psychological input within the following pathways of the service:
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Masters or doctoral level training in forensic psychology and completion of competencies
- Doctoral level training/BPS Qualification in Counselling Psychology
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of working in a forensic setting.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience working with service users presenting with psychosis
- Knowledge of the principles of trauma informed care
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management
- Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Skill in the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with long term mental health conditions and/or forensic settings.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Flexible, engaging and approachable who can work quickly and responsively with both clients and the multidisciplinary team
- Creative in approach as well as reflective about their own practice
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology
- Masters or doctoral level training in forensic psychology and completion of competencies
- Doctoral level training/BPS Qualification in Counselling Psychology
Desirable
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of working in a forensic setting.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
- Experience working with service users presenting with psychosis
- Knowledge of the principles of trauma informed care
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management
- Skilled in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information
Desirable
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Skill in the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in working with long term mental health conditions and/or forensic settings.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Flexible, engaging and approachable who can work quickly and responsively with both clients and the multidisciplinary team
- Creative in approach as well as reflective about their own practice
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
