Practitioner Psychologist - Forensic/Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

1.1 To provide a specialist psychological service within the Nexus Personality Disorder Service including assessment (risk assessment) and therapy for both individuals and groups as appropriate.

1.2 To communicate, for prolonged periods of time highly, complex and sensitive information to distressed and/or aggressive service-users including psychological formulations and treatment options.

1.3 To provide a specialist consultancy service to multidisciplinary teams and other agencies providing care for the client group.

1.4 To participate in generic team duties as agreed by the operational manager and Psychology Lead as appropriate, to the needs of the service.

1.5 To participate in regular clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Psychology Service in accordance with good practice guidelines.

1.6 To maintain accurate records and to monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.

1.7 To ensure timely recording of all data required by the Trust.

1.8 To provide peer clinical supervision to other MDT staff where appropriate.

1. People leadership and management

1.1 Provide inclusive, compassionate and effective leadership for your team by setting clear vision and direction.

1.2 Develop a culture and environment in which members of staff are encouraged and supported to deliver high- quality services and are supported to innovate and improve services where appropriate.

1.3 Encourage your team to feel able to raise concerns openly and safely.

1.4 Promote equality of opportunity in service delivery and employment, ensuring that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of gender, marital status, race, religion, creed, colour nationality ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation or disability.

1.5 Support prompt recruitment by identifying vacancies to the AWP Recruitment Team as soon as they arise, and participate in the selection and effective induction and on boarding of new joiners to the team.

1.6 Ensure that all team members have a very positive introduction to the team and a well-supported first year.

1.7 Take responsibility for encouraging people to stay with AWP, ensuring that you are aware whenever a member of your team is considering leaving, seeking to understand their reasons and encouraging them to stay.

1.8 Ensure that key messages are cascaded in your team and that your team are encouraged to put forward suggestions.

1.9 Show appreciation to your team when they do good work and support them when they are struggling.

1.10 Consider the individual needs of team members for a healthy work-life balance and think about how their needs can be supported by providing flexible ways of working.

1.11 Support all team members to keep their mandatory and statutory training up-to-date and identify the learning and development needs of all team members of the team ensuring that everyone has an up-to-date personal development plan (PDP).

1.12 Ensure that every team member as at least an hour of supervision (one-to-one meeting) each month, this may include both managerial and clinical supervision.

1.13 Ensure all team members receive a constructive assessment of their performance each year and set SMART objectives for the coming year.

1.14 Seek support from the HR Team to tackle any worries regarding matters of discipline, including both conduct and capability concerns, supporting a just and restorative culture. Take prompt action regarding serious concerns and ensure clear plans are in place for problems which are less serious in nature but prove difficult to resolve.

1.15 Act as a positive role model at all times, encouraging people to feel equal members of the team whilst working within clear frameworks and policies.

1.16 Promote effective use of bank and agency nursing staff, providing a safe and effective service, complying with regulatory standards.

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified Psychologist Practitioner registered with HCPC
• Significant experience of undertaking psychological therapy on a 1:1 or group basis
• Experience of developing and communicating formulations to multidisciplinary teams to understand an individuals difficulties
• Experience of providing clinical supervision to multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments

Desirable

• Experience of working with female service users in a forensic setting
• Experience of supervising Forensic Psychologists in Training
• Experience of undertaking clinical consultancy and project work

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

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

HMP Eastwood Park

Falfield,

Wotton-Under-Edge

GL12 8DB

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)