Principal Psychologist

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a registered Psychologist to join our Community Forensic Team, providing maternity leave cover. The post-holder will work within the Hull and East Riding Team, based at the Humber Centre, with travel across the region to see service users. We are seeking a motivated and compassionate practitioner with an interest in working with adults presenting with offending and risk-related behaviours.

The post has been extended to 18 months to support a risk-managed handover.

This role is suited to an experienced, knowledgeable and autonomous practitioner. The Community Forensic Team provides consultation, assessment and intervention services to inpatient and community providers. You will promote a psychologically informed approach to risk formulation and management, and clinically lead the mental illness and personality disorder pathway, working closely with the multidisciplinary team.

You will join a supportive team of Clinical and Forensic Psychologists, with access to support from colleagues across the service.

We are looking for a Psychologist with experience in forensic risk management and a strong track record of clinical leadership.

Regular clinical supervision is provided, and the Department has links with the University of Hull.

For secondment opportunities, internal applicants must obtain approval from their substantive line manager prior to applying and evidence of this approval must be provided as part of the application process.

Main duties of the job

The Principal Psychologist is accountable for providing high standard clinical services within the Community Forensic Team.

Key responsibilities include:

• High-Quality Psychology Service: Ensuring the provision of a high-quality psychology service to Community Forensic Services. This involves strong, effective leadership, engagement with service users, carers and partners, and a trauma-informed approach to specialist forensic consultation, assessment and intervention within the community.
• Coordination and Direction: Co-coordinate the planning and organisation of specialist psychological services within the locality area, in agreement with the Clinical Lead/Operational Manager. Provide clinical supervision, offer advice, and consult on service users' psychological care and risk management to colleagues.
• Collaboration and Expertise: Work alongside other teams and agencies, providing expert guidance for people accessing the teams services. Demonstrate advanced psychological skills, deliver high-quality care, and contribute to reviewing, developing and monitoring operational/clinical policy.
• Research and Development: Utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the relative service area.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We will consider flexible working arrangements at the request of candidates, these should be discussed prior to interview.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We will consider flexible working arrangements at the request of candidates, these should be discussed prior to interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent accredited by the BPS
• Additional short specialist courses with demonstrable impact on practice.
• Current HCPC Registration

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Evidence of resiliency when working with challenging client groups

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology or its equivalent accredited by the BPS
• Additional short specialist courses with demonstrable impact on practice.
• Current HCPC Registration

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working as a practitioner psychologist, to include a significant period of working at a senior level in the specific specialist field where the post is held
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
• Evidence of resiliency when working with challenging client groups

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Humber Centre

Beverley Road, Willerby

Hull

HU10 6ED

United Kingdom

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