Forensic or Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

Due to internal promotion, we are currently looking for a Registered Clinical or Forensic Psychologist  to work within a specialist mental health team at HMP Humber.

We are looking for a  motivated and compassionate psychologist with an interest in working with adult males who present with complex mental health difficulties.  Applicants will need to be equipped with a strong sense of responsibility and leadership as the psychology representative within the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure that evidence based psychological interventions are delivered.

You will provide clinical supervision to assistant psychologists and other staff in the delivery of psychological services. You will have a good vision of the service and requirements, supporting the development of psychology within the mental health team.

The post holder will be closely aligned to our medium and low secure in-patient services at the Humber centre.   We are members of the local Post-Qualification Training Network  and have a good relationship with the University of Hull.

You will have clinical autonomy to work within your preferred models of practice, and support will be available to help you develop areas of your practice relevant to this specialist role.

You will have the support of other Psychologists working within the prison teams at Full Sutton, Hull and Millsike as well as the wider Forensic Division at Humber Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job include:

• To support the development of a specialist forensic/clinical psychology service within the prison mental health teams within the HMP Pathway.
• To take responsibility and leadership as the psychology representative in a multidisciplinary team.
• To undertake high quality direct (assessment and therapeutic) and indirect (consultative, advisory, and evaluative) specialist psychological interventions taking professional responsibility and exercising autonomous judgement in own professional practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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