Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a Highly Specialist Psychological Therapist at the William Morris Centre. We will consider part time from 0.6 FTE (22.5 hours) up to full time 1.0 FTE (37.5 hours).
The William Morris Centre is a community psychological service, working with adults who exhibit complex emotional and relational problems associated with violence and/or sexual harm to others. The service provides psychological assessment and intervention predominantly via two pathways; Mentalisation-Based Therapy (MBT) and a trauma pathway (e.g. EMDR). There is opportunity for family and couples work (adult only). There is also a social inclusion provision. The post holder will have clinical and operational responsibilities.
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. Staff 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. There is a focus on attachment, trauma and systemic approaches with expert supervision available for evidence-based therapy modalities such as MBT and EMDR. We offer a unique range of training opportunities and will invest in supporting you to extend your knowledge and expertise.
Main duties of the job
- Clinical and operational responsibilities associated with the service.
- Provide psychological assessment, formulation and treatment to individuals.
- Provide advice and consultation to referrers.
- Be responsible for supporting partnership colleagues working with the service users in health and probation, for example advising on and providing highly specialist psychological assessment, risk management and interventions.
- Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures, and the department's objectives.
- Directly contribute to workforce development through both staff consultation, supervision and the provision of training to a range of staff including partner agencies and allied professionals.
- Utilise research skills in audit and other research and development activities.
- Supervise and direct the work of qualified, assistant and trainee psychologists as required.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical and operational responsibilities associated with the service.
- Duty lead, to support and manage any risk issues as they arise.
- To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions.
- To provide specialist consultation to other professionals in health and probation.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of community.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
- To produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers.
- To undertake psychometric and neuropsychological testing as appropriate, including selecting the appropriate tests, administering and scoring the tests in accordance with the manual, and interpreting the findings in the context of all relevant information.
- To undertake risk assessment, risk monitoring and risk management for individual clients in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate.
- To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities served.
- Liaison with other relevant services in health and probation.
- Implement outcome measurement as determined by the local service.
- Attend and contribute to psychological therapies and directorate meetings and forums.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Clinical and operational responsibilities associated with the service.
- Duty lead, to support and manage any risk issues as they arise.
- To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions.
- To provide specialist consultation to other professionals in health and probation.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of community.
- To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with carers or families of referred clients when required.
- To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner, to clients, family carers and others as appropriate, information that may be contentious or highly distressing concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care.
- To produce reports on clients, in a timely manner, that convey the key findings of psychological assessment and formulation and treatment outcome in a way that does justice to the complexity of the problems described, but that are understandable to the recipients of the reports, including clients and referrers.
- To undertake psychometric and neuropsychological testing as appropriate, including selecting the appropriate tests, administering and scoring the tests in accordance with the manual, and interpreting the findings in the context of all relevant information.
- To undertake risk assessment, risk monitoring and risk management for individual clients in line with Trust and inter-agency policies and procedures, and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- To work in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate.
- To ensure that all services provided are acceptable and accessible to the diverse communities served.
- Liaison with other relevant services in health and probation.
- Implement outcome measurement as determined by the local service.
- Attend and contribute to psychological therapies and directorate meetings and forums.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Qualified psychological therapist
Experience
Essential
- Having worked with adults with complex emotional and relational difficulties
Desirable
- Worked with forensic populations
Skills
Essential
- Leadership, management and clinical skills
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Qualified psychological therapist
Experience
Essential
- Having worked with adults with complex emotional and relational difficulties
Desirable
- Worked with forensic populations
Skills
Essential
- Leadership, management and clinical skills
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).
