Senior Psychologist

Pay up to £60,000 per annum FTE depending on experience

Job level: Other Qualified Professional

Hours: Full time

Type: Permanent

Posted: 11 Jan 2025

Closes: 10 Feb 2025

Job Description

About The Role
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We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical/Forensic or Counselling Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Healthcare team at HMP YOI Doncaster, a category B remand prison housing around 1145 patients aged 18-94 years of age. Within this role, you will work with a broad range of complex presentations. The role would be suitable for a newly qualified (with preceptorship) or experienced Psychologist familiar with working with adult mental health presentations, neurodiversity, and complex trauma. The applicant must be familiar with trauma-informed approaches. The applicant will be part of the Integrated Mental Health Team and will be an integral part of the clinical leadership team supporting the development of the psychological therapies service.

Hours
This role is part-time, working 21.25 hours/3 days per week Monday-Friday; we are flexible regarding which days are worked.

Salary
This position offers up to £60,000 per annum FTE, depending on experience.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider Psychological Therapies team
• Support with ISW training
• Post-doctoral training supervision

What you'll be doing
As a qualified, HCPC registered Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Offer clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) in the form of training, supervision, and reflective practice
• Undertake psychological assessments and support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
• Deliver and oversee the delivery of 1:1 psychological interventions and group intervention as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
• Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff where required
• Contribute to the development of audit, service evaluation, and research profile as appropriate

Qualifications required

• Full HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
• Proven experience in Clinical/Forensic or Counselling Psychology
• Experience working with Forensic Mental Health patients
• Experience working with psychological Trauma
• Excellent communication skills
• Team Player

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.