Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who values MDT working and has a passion for improving the lives of forensic people with LDA.
We are looking for either a secondment or fixed term contract to cover the B8b highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist within the Transforming Care (TC) Community Forensic Team (CFT). This post will run for 11 months from December 2024 until November 2025.
This post is open to both full or part time hours. Should this be a secondment opportunity, we can consider this being a split post across both the current team and CFT, if this would work for the current teams functioning.
The purpose of this role is to provide a Clinical/Forensic Psychology provision to individuals with Intellectual Disability and/or who fit the Transforming Care Programme as part of the Community Forensic Team. You must have specialist forensic and clinical training and experience, including with intellectual disability and/or autism.
Main duties of the job
Please read the person specification and job description for full details of this post. Please contact Paul Bates for further clarification paul.bates6@nhs.net
Overview of the key duties are:
- Complete comprehensive risk assessments and formulations.
- Provide psychological intervention to individuals with an intellectual disability and/ or autism.
- To ensure there is provision of clinical supervision, clinical leadership and reflective practice within the team.
- Provide liaison and consultation to other LPFT teams and/ or other teams who work with our patient group.
- To work as part of the MDT to reduce the risk of admission for individuals on the TC cohort.
- To develop and provide training to healthcare providers who support our patient group.
- To support the team manager by leading on service development and systematic provision planning from a psychological perspective, specifically in relation to the service for forensic clients with intellectual disability and/or autism.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Paul Bates, via email at paul.bates6@nhs.net or by telephone 01522 421645.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
Childcare Vouchers
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Paul Bates, via email at paul.bates6@nhs.net or by telephone 01522 421645.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BPS accredited honours degree in Psychology
- A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology accredited by the BPS or equivalent qualification
- Registered with HCPC as a practitioner psychologist
- Clinical supervision training for doctorate clinical psychology trainees or equivalent for forensic trainees
- Registered member of HCPC
- Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist
Desirable
- Additional training in Autism assessment
- Accredited in specific ID/Autism Training e.g. PBS trained, SPELL trained
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience of working as a specialist clinical or forensic psychologist with adults in forensic services, including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Extensive experience of working with adults who have experienced abuse - physical, sexual, emotional
- Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology assessments and forensic risk assessments
- Extensive post qualification experience of developing and providing specialist clinical psychology interventions and intervention packages for use with adults experiencing severe difficulties and exhibiting offending behaviour
- Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical advice to services, patients and carers and staff
- Extensive knowledge and experience of issues for adults presenting with a range of developmental and mental health difficulties, social deprivation, substance misuse and complex needs
- Experience of working with adults with mental health difficulties
- Experience of working with adults who present with behaviour which involves high levels of risk and is challenging to manage
- Extensive supervisory and consultative experience - to other psychologists; to other professions; to other agencies.
- Extensive experience of working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings
- Experience of providing teaching and training to other psychologists and other unqualified and qualified people
Desirable
- Experience of using specialist risk based assessments for individuals with intellectual disability and/or autistic individuals
Skills
Essential
- A high level of interpersonal skills is needed, including: oAbility to communicate highly complex/sensitive information to clients and their carers and to relevant staff in a constructive and understandable way oAbility to deal sensitively and constructively when in highly emotive and/or hostile situations - with clients, carers, staff oExtensive knowledge of potential barriers to understanding and ability to adjust modes of communication accordingly oExcellent writing and verbal communication skills oAbility to build good working relationships with clients, colleagues, and staff oAbility to work independently and as part of a team oAbility to seek help and guidance as appropriate
- A high level of analytical and judgemental knowledge and skill is required so can analyse and interpret and compare a range of complex information and options, sometimes conflicting, and make appropriate psychological formulations and provide expert psychological opinion for clinical cases; to provide a service response; for service development
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload and oversee the caseloads and priorities of other staff responsible for
- Ability to support the planning and organising of the service, considering client needs and risks and staff availability and experience
- Ability to meet management and clinical deadlines
- Ability to contribute to policy and service development forums and propose service changes and developments
- Experience of providing professional and clinical supervision to clinical psychologists; to other professionals
- Experience of carrying out staff appraisals and reviews
- Good keyboard skills
- Ability to use a range of psychometric test equipment
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to use computer to communicate by e-mail; to keep up-to-date client records and databases; to respond to performance report queries in accordance with the Health Trust's, the HCPC's, the BPS' guidance
- Doctoral level or equivalent knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
- Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding and mental health legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management when working with adults and their families/carers
- Evidence of continuing professional development as dictated by the HCPC and the BPS
Desirable
- Experience of developing and providing a specific service with clear policies and measurement of outcomes. Experience of doing this in conjunction with other professionals and agencies
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BPS accredited honours degree in Psychology
- A Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or Forensic Psychology accredited by the BPS or equivalent qualification
- Registered with HCPC as a practitioner psychologist
- Clinical supervision training for doctorate clinical psychology trainees or equivalent for forensic trainees
- Registered member of HCPC
- Eligible for chartered status as a clinical psychologist
Desirable
- Additional training in Autism assessment
- Accredited in specific ID/Autism Training e.g. PBS trained, SPELL trained
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-qualification experience of working as a specialist clinical or forensic psychologist with adults in forensic services, including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Extensive experience of working with adults who have experienced abuse - physical, sexual, emotional
- Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical psychology assessments and forensic risk assessments
- Extensive post qualification experience of developing and providing specialist clinical psychology interventions and intervention packages for use with adults experiencing severe difficulties and exhibiting offending behaviour
- Extensive post qualification experience of providing specialist clinical advice to services, patients and carers and staff
- Extensive knowledge and experience of issues for adults presenting with a range of developmental and mental health difficulties, social deprivation, substance misuse and complex needs
- Experience of working with adults with mental health difficulties
- Experience of working with adults who present with behaviour which involves high levels of risk and is challenging to manage
- Extensive supervisory and consultative experience - to other psychologists; to other professions; to other agencies.
- Extensive experience of working within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency settings
- Experience of providing teaching and training to other psychologists and other unqualified and qualified people
Desirable
- Experience of using specialist risk based assessments for individuals with intellectual disability and/or autistic individuals
Skills
Essential
- A high level of interpersonal skills is needed, including: oAbility to communicate highly complex/sensitive information to clients and their carers and to relevant staff in a constructive and understandable way oAbility to deal sensitively and constructively when in highly emotive and/or hostile situations - with clients, carers, staff oExtensive knowledge of potential barriers to understanding and ability to adjust modes of communication accordingly oExcellent writing and verbal communication skills oAbility to build good working relationships with clients, colleagues, and staff oAbility to work independently and as part of a team oAbility to seek help and guidance as appropriate
- A high level of analytical and judgemental knowledge and skill is required so can analyse and interpret and compare a range of complex information and options, sometimes conflicting, and make appropriate psychological formulations and provide expert psychological opinion for clinical cases; to provide a service response; for service development
- Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload and oversee the caseloads and priorities of other staff responsible for
- Ability to support the planning and organising of the service, considering client needs and risks and staff availability and experience
- Ability to meet management and clinical deadlines
- Ability to contribute to policy and service development forums and propose service changes and developments
- Experience of providing professional and clinical supervision to clinical psychologists; to other professionals
- Experience of carrying out staff appraisals and reviews
- Good keyboard skills
- Ability to use a range of psychometric test equipment
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings
- Ability to use computer to communicate by e-mail; to keep up-to-date client records and databases; to respond to performance report queries in accordance with the Health Trust's, the HCPC's, the BPS' guidance
- Doctoral level or equivalent knowledge of research design and methodology, including multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology
- Knowledge of relevant child protection, safeguarding and mental health legislation and its implications for both clinical practice and professional management when working with adults and their families/carers
- Evidence of continuing professional development as dictated by the HCPC and the BPS
Desirable
- Experience of developing and providing a specific service with clear policies and measurement of outcomes. Experience of doing this in conjunction with other professionals and agencies
- Record of having published in either peer reviewed or academic or professional journals and/or books
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).
