Principal Psychologist

Job Overview

An opportunity has arisen for position as a registered psychologist to join our Community Forensic Team within the learning disability and autism pathway. The post-holder will work in the Hull and East Riding Team based at the Humber Centre, with travel in the region to see service users. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate practitioner with an interest in working with adults with learning disabilities, autism and offending/risk behaviours.

The post is suited to an experienced, knowledgeable and autonomous individual. The Community Forensic Teams provide a consultation service to inpatient and community providers, you will promote and provide a psychologically informed approach to risk formulation and risk management. You will clinically lead the learning disability and autism pathway and will support MDT colleagues.

You will benefit from being part of our friendly psychology team consisting of Clinical and Forensic Psychologists. We maintain strong cohesion as a department and there will be opportunities for support from the other Psychologists working within the Department. There may be a requirement to work into the prison and inpatient pathways.

We are looking for a Psychologist with experience of managing forensic risk, and a strong track record of working with learning disability, autism and neurodiversity.

You will provide and receive regular clinical supervision. The Department has well-established links with the University of Hull.

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.
  
  

Working for our organisation

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.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• 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 criteria

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

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Proven leadership/management experience
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

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

Applicant Requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.