Principal Forensic/Clinical Psychologist

Job overview

Are You a Psychologist Who Wants to Make a Difference to Offender Care Across Coventry & Warwickshire?

Come & Join Our Growing Forensic CMHT

We are recruiting a Forensic / Clinical Psychologist to support the leadership of our projects, enhancing the delivery of services offered to patients who present with a risk to others.

We are looking for a psychologist who is experienced working within prison &/or secure care settings & offering support & consultation to colleagues. This role involves liaising across teams in CWPT & with partner agencies across the criminal justice network.

Make a real impact where it matters most.

We’re looking for a passionate, confident professional who is driven to improve outcomes for people with complex mental health needs within the criminal justice system.

You’ll bring strong clinical confidence & experience in forensic settings, using your knowledge of Forensic Psychology to inform consultation, risk management, & treatment recommendations. Just as importantly, you’ll be skilled at empowering & motivating others—helping multidisciplinary teams feel confident, capable, & supported when working with highly complex cases.

A key part of this role is translating complex psychological concepts into clear, practical guidance that meaningfully changes how staff work with service users. If you enjoy influencing practice beyond direct clinical work, this role offers real scope to do just that.

Please see Job advert for full details.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment & therapy, using highly complex psychological data gained from a variety of sources. This includes forensic assessments & interventions of risk to others.

To ensure the systematic provision of psychological service, including the responsibility to prioritise work appropriately

To communicate assessment results, formulations, outcome data, & other complex & sensitive information orally & in written form to support the work of colleagues.

To provide highly specialist psychological advice, consultation & supervision to other professionals & staff contributing to the formulation, diagnosis, treatment plan & management of clients, both within & outside the Trust.

To contribute to the development of services, reviewing service outcomes, designing & participating in audit, research & clinical governance initiatives, & working cooperatively with colleagues to achieve service goals & maximise service effectiveness. This will involve communication with a wide range of clinical & managerial colleagues, within & outside the Trust

To provide supervision to other psychological staff, to trainee clinical/counselling psychologists on placement, to volunteers & other colleagues, including professional & doctoral research supervision, as required.

To provide management of junior Psychological Services staff.

To offer formulation, reflective practice & case consultation to staff working with people who present with a risk to others.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information related to the job description and the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the Job advert and Job description linked to this job advert. This will provide candidates with the relevant information.