Psychological Therapist - HMP High Down London, England
Job description
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner and works in partnership to provide responsive and dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability and substance misuse services to the diverse and culturally rich communities we serve.
In our quest to deliver patient-focused quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiasticPsychological Therapist to join our forward thinking, friendly and expandingHealth & Justiceteam atHMP High Down. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will not only look after the healthcare needs of our patients residing in secure environments, but will also have the opportunity to have a real impact on promoting health and well-being.
Our motto is“Caring NOT Judging”so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
PLEASE NOTE ANY CANDIDATE WISHING TO APPLY FOR ANY OF OUR ROLES IN SURREY WILL BE SUBJECT TO VETTING CLEARANCE. WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE UK FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS. CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA NEED NOT APPLY.
- To provide a comprehensive, specialist psychological therapy service to patients of the Health and Justice Services Directorate.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy.
- To provide training, advice and consultation to other staff about the psychological needs of the patients.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the Health and Justice Services Directorate.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Trust’s policies and procedures.
- To support the team and Service Line.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
- Monthly supervision
- Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
- Preceptorship Programme
- Support and guidance with Revalidation
- Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
- Health and wellbeing services
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Relocation package
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
Please see main job description for full list of responsibilities:
- To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client’s care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, and groups, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To receive regular clinical supervision from a suitably qualified and experienced psychological therapist and, where appropriate, other professional colleagues.
- To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching, training and supervision and to provide supervision to other MDT staff’s psychological work, as appropriate.
- To provide professional and clinical supervision of Band 6 psychological therapists, assistant/graduate psychologists and, as appropriate, to contribute to the supervision of individual cases for trainee psychologists and psychological therapists.
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the team’s operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit.
- As negotiated and within time constraints, the post holder will be expected to attend relevant clinical and professional meetings within and outside the prison.
- To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members.
- To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes, in consultation with the postholder’s professional and service manager.
- To contribute to the development and articulation of best practice in psychology across the service, by continuing to develop the skills of a reflexive and reflective scientist practitioner, taking part in regular professional supervision and appraisal and maintaining an active engagement with current developments in the field of applied psychology and related disciplines.
- To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and issues in relation to both the specific client group and mental health.
