# Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinicalforensiccounselling-psychologist-or-psychological-therapist/4071a663-2318-4eee-9105-0fdad80c0548 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinicalforensiccounselling-psychologist-or-psychological-therapist/4071a663-2318-4eee-9105-0fdad80c0548.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Dartford - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-15T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T15:41:01.409Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Offender_Healthcare/Offender_Healthcare-v7979497 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7979497?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The post is based at HMP Wandsworth where you will work with a team of psychological therapists and multi-professional mental health colleagues to embed psychologically informed care in the prison. ### Main duties of the job The role is dynamic, with clinical tasks, staff support, supervisory roles and non-clinical responsibilities carried out with the support of the psychology leadership. The postholder will be able to demonstrate a keen interest in working with people who have led chaotic lives and who present with complex mental health needs and forensic histories. The postholder will supervise pre-qualified psychological therapists including assistant psychologists, students and trainees. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Main Responsibilities To provide direct psychological care (assessment and intervention) and support the delivery of psychologically informed care by all disciplines within the service To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,  treatment and discharge of community clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans, including taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans with input from clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with service users, 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 Management responsibilities To provide line management to designated assistant psychologists Provide supervision to students and trainees and to multi-disciplinary colleagues delivering psychological interventions To support recruitment of assistant psychologists to the service for those line managing, to ensure local standards are implemented for the  allocation and review of work, job planning, review of performance sickness management and initial stages of grievance or disciplinary action To oversee quality line management and supervision within the team structure, ensuring that staff and trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to health care, and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies To provide highly specialist advice, consultation and training of staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. This may include work with the Criminal Justice System and Children’s Services Leadership To provide and support specialist clinical placements for students and trainees in  applied psychological practice. To contribute to the delivery of teaching and training to junior psychological  practitioners and specialist training to other professions. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychological therapy and risk assessment / management and to implement knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of psychological therapies and risk assessment / management, over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed. Research To undertake the planning, initiation and completion of research, service, evaluation and audits, and quality improvement projects relevant to the service  and the directorate research agenda. To oversee the planning, initiation and completion of research, service evaluation and audits by students and trainees. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members. Communication 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. Liaise with other team members including members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for a client’s care. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). ## Job Details The post is based at HMP Wandsworth where you will work with a team of psychological therapists and multi-professional mental health colleagues to embed psychologically informed care in the prison. ## Job Description The role is dynamic, with clinical tasks, staff support, supervisory roles and non-clinical responsibilities carried out with the support of the psychology leadership. The postholder will be able to demonstrate a keen interest in working with people who have led chaotic lives and who present with complex mental health needs and forensic histories. The postholder will supervise pre-qualified psychological therapists including assistant psychologists, students and trainees. ## Responsibilities Main Responsibilities To provide direct psychological care (assessment and intervention) and support the delivery of psychologically informed care by all disciplines within the service To provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of community clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans, including taking responsibility for initiating planning and review of care plans with input from clients, their carers, referring agents and others involved in the network of care To provide culturally appropriate psychological therapy interventions with service users, 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 Management responsibilities To provide line management to designated assistant psychologists Provide supervision to students and trainees and to multi-disciplinary colleagues delivering psychological interventions To support recruitment of assistant psychologists to the service for those line managing, to ensure local standards are implemented for the allocation and review of work, job planning, review of performance sickness management and initial stages of grievance or disciplinary action To oversee quality line management and supervision within the team structure, ensuring that staff and trainees acquire the necessary skills, competencies and experience to contribute effectively to health care, and to contribute to the assessment and evaluation of such competencies To provide highly specialist advice, consultation and training of staff working with the client group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate. This may include work with the Criminal Justice System and Children’s Services Leadership To provide and support specialist clinical placements for students and trainees in applied psychological practice. To contribute to the delivery of teaching and training to junior psychological practitioners and specialist training to other professions. To contribute to the development of the knowledge and skills base within the service by maintaining an active awareness of current developments in psychological therapy and risk assessment / management and to implement knowledge gained in practice. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles To continue to gain wider post-qualification experience of psychological therapies and risk assessment / management, over and above that provided within the principal service area where the post-holder is employed. Research To undertake the planning, initiation and completion of research, service, evaluation and audits, and quality improvement projects relevant to the service and the directorate research agenda. To oversee the planning, initiation and completion of research, service evaluation and audits by students and trainees. To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members. Communication 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. Liaise with other team members including members of other disciplines and agencies responsible for a client’s care. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings. - Experience of working with diversity, including but not limited to a multicultural framework. - Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. - Ability to form good working relationships with others in a multi-disciplinary setting. - Interest and ability to contribute to service development. ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Entry-level qualification in applied psychological therapy/mental health/social welfare profession or equivalent and demonstrable practice in this field (ie professional Doctorate, or combination of MSc plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration - Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice (through formal post-qualification training (PG Diploma or equivalent), OR a combination of specialist short courses and/an evidenced portfolio of supervised practice–based learning in a specialist area of clinical psychological therapy practice, assessed by a registered body and/or an experienced clinical supervisor to be of equal level to a Postgraduate Diploma or higher - Registered with professional body or regulatory body as appropriate to psychological therapy discipline ie HCPC/UKCP/BACP/BABCP. ### Skills/Abilities/Knowledge **Essential** - Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. - Ability to administer, score and interpret psychometric and neuropsychological tests with appropriate training and supervision. - Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. - Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1847) - [privacy notice for staff (pdf, 268.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1659) - [job description & personal specification (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339351) - [important additional information for candidates (please read carefully) (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.