Cluster Psychologist

Job summary

  UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cluster Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Health team across West Yorkshire. Within this role you will oversee psychological services across 5 prisons sites within the West Yorkshire region, HMP Leeds- category B remand, HMP Wakefield- category A, HMP Wealstun- category C, HMP New Hall- womens, HMP Askham Grange- women's open prison.

This a fantastic opportunity to provide clinical oversight and support the integration of trauma-informed practices within each facility. You will to work closely with the senior leadership and established mental health teams to providing clinical input where needed and clinical supervision for psychologist within the region. This role offers a rare opportunity to work with a diverse range of prison settings where you can work closely with regional and national senior leadership colleagues to review and enhance service quality as well as driving improvements in psychological service delivery across the cluster.

  Hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary

Youll receive an annual salary of up to £75,000 per annum depending on experience.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

  

Main duties of the job

As a Cluster Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment of patients based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data
• Contribute to proposals and implementation of policy and service development changes in relation to psychology and psychological therapies;
• Advise the Mental Health lead and/or Heads of Healthcare on those aspects of the service where psychological matters need addressing in line with best practice and service objectives;
• Provide training and supervision for members of the service (healthcare and prison) in the delivery of psychologically, trauma informed care and treatment;
• Be responsible for planning, delivery and clinical supervision of a specialist psychology training placement for trainees on the postgraduate doctoral courses in clinical/counselling and/ or forensic psychology;
• Attend regional and national Psychological Therapies meetings, service development and other relevant meetings
• Be aware of, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and review of Practice Plus Group policies and procedures;  

It doesnt stop there we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

About us

Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Qualified clinical, counselling or forensic psychologist and registered with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist;
•  Postgraduate qualification/training in at least one specific mode of psychological therapy relevant to people with severe and long standing mental health difficulties eg:   CBT, Systemic /family therapy, Mindfulness based therapies, CAT, DBT, Mentalisation, Schema Therapy
• Experience of providing evidence based psychological interventions to adults with a range of mental health problems;
• Experience of working with mental health forensic populations;
• Working knowledge of clinical governance, including relevant approaches and tools;

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cluster Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Health team across West Yorkshire. Within this role you will oversee psychological services across 5 prisons sites within the West Yorkshire region, HMP Leeds- category B remand, HMP Wakefield- category A, HMP Wealstun- category C, HMP New Hall- womens, HMP Askham Grange- women's open prison.

This a fantastic opportunity to provide clinical oversight and support the integration of trauma-informed practices within each facility. You will to work closely with the senior leadership and established mental health teams to providing clinical input where needed and clinical supervision for psychologist within the region. This role offers a rare opportunity to work with a diverse range of prison settings where you can work closely with regional and national senior leadership colleagues to review and enhance service quality as well as driving improvements in psychological service delivery across the cluster.

  Hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

Salary

Youll receive an annual salary of up to £75,000 per annum depending on experience.

How will we support you?

Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course

Competency framework

Regional and national career development opportunities

Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs

  

Person Specification

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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).