# Specialist Psychologist, Psychological Therapist or Psychotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-psychologist-psychological-therapist-or-psychotherapist/f5996778-4403-44a6-a04b-8a7f6d757ee6 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-psychologist-psychological-therapist-or-psychotherapist/f5996778-4403-44a6-a04b-8a7f6d757ee6.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Dartford - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £55,524 - £62,652 pa inc - **Contract type:** 9 months (secondment - internal candidates, fixed term - external candidates) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-25T10:13:11.810Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London_Dartford/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Forensics/Forensics-v8101044 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8101044?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This maternity cover post is within a lively and supportive psychology department and includes two service areas where there is an association between service users’ mental health difficulties and the criminal justice system. The majority of the week is based in the inpatient forensic psychological therapies department at the Bracton Centre, with sessions at the psychology community service at the William Morris Centre (also DA2 7AF). At the Bracton Centre, the postholder will be part of a multi-disciplinary forensic team on a secure ward, providing a service to inpatients with forensic and mental health needs. The post holder will have clinical sessions at the community psychology service based at the William Morris Centre. This psychological assessment and intervention service specialises in working with people in the community who are seeking interventions to address the traumas and interpersonal and emotional issues that underpin their risk of harm to others. We would consider applications from those approaching qualification and those seeking secondment opportunities to widen their experiences. Forensic experience is not necessary but the post suits candidates who are interested in working with complex presenting situations and are keen to learn and develop a variety of skills to assess, intervene and support other professionals. ### Main duties of the job Core parts of the role include direct and indirect psychological interventions, working with support networks, providing psychological perspectives in clinical meetings, leading on structured risk management tools and providing psychological consultation. There are opportunities for joint work with other psychological therapists through the therapies programme, as well as supervising and managing an assistant psychologist. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To clinically deliver psychological assessments and interventions to a caseload of inpatient and community service users. - Provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions for distress and risky behaviours. - To offer psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues and other agencies that promotes patient, carer and staff safety and wellbeing. - With support from the Inpatient Psychology Lead and line manager, to promote psychological and trauma informed approaches to care. - Responsibility for supervising and professionally managing assistant psychologists. - Enable all service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by contributing to a psychologically safe environment. - To undertake delegated tasks pertaining to governance and service developments relevant to the role. - To work autonomously with professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. - To utilise research skills for audit, research, and policy and service development within the forensic directorate. - To champion the Trust’s vision and values. - Participate in service outcome monitoring. - To undertake psychometric and neuropsychological testing and test interpretation as appropriate. - To produce reports, in a timely manner, that convey complex information in ways that are understandable to the recipients of the reports. - To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner information that may be contentious or highly distressing. ## Job Details This maternity cover post is within a lively and supportive psychology department and includes two service areas where there is an association between service users’ mental health difficulties and the criminal justice system. The majority of the week is based in the inpatient forensic psychological therapies department at the Bracton Centre, with sessions at the psychology community service at the William Morris Centre (also DA2 7AF). At the Bracton Centre, the postholder will be part of a multi-disciplinary forensic team on a secure ward, providing a service to inpatients with forensic and mental health needs. The post holder will have clinical sessions at the community psychology service based at the William Morris Centre. This psychological assessment and intervention service specialises in working with people in the community who are seeking interventions to address the traumas and interpersonal and emotional issues that underpin their risk of harm to others. We would consider applications from those approaching qualification and those seeking secondment opportunities to widen their experiences. Forensic experience is not necessary but the post suits candidates who are interested in working with complex presenting situations and are keen to learn and develop a variety of skills to assess, intervene and support other professionals. ## Job Description Core parts of the role include direct and indirect psychological interventions, working with support networks, providing psychological perspectives in clinical meetings, leading on structured risk management tools and providing psychological consultation. There are opportunities for joint work with other psychological therapists through the therapies programme, as well as supervising and managing an assistant psychologist. ## Responsibilities To clinically deliver psychological assessments and interventions to a caseload of inpatient and community service users. Provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions for distress and risky behaviours. To offer psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues and other agencies that promotes patient, carer and staff safety and wellbeing. With support from the Inpatient Psychology Lead and line manager, to promote psychological and trauma informed approaches to care. Responsibility for supervising and professionally managing assistant psychologists. Enable all service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by contributing to a psychologically safe environment. To undertake delegated tasks pertaining to governance and service developments relevant to the role. To work autonomously with professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, research, and policy and service development within the forensic directorate. To champion the Trust’s vision and values. Participate in service outcome monitoring. To undertake psychometric and neuropsychological testing and test interpretation as appropriate. To produce reports, in a timely manner, that convey complex information in ways that are understandable to the recipients of the reports. To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner information that may be contentious or highly distressing. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of adult clients with psychological needs of a complex nature under supervision. - Experience in cognitive / neuropsychology testing - Experience of structured risk assessments - Skills in providing consultation to other professional groups. **Desirable** - Experience in forensic / secure settings - Can practice at least two psychological therapies. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Has or approaching completion of doctoral psychology training, or a core mental health profession at MSc level plus PG Diploma level/supervised practice/additional training) that has been accepted for the purposes of professional registration. **Desirable** - Additional training beyond entry-level qualification in a specialised area of psychological practice ### Prof Registration **Essential** - Registered or within 6-9 months of being registered with professional body or regulatory body as appropriate to psychological therapy discipline i.e., HCPC/UKCP/BACP registered status/BABCP. ## 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 & person specification (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10395188) - [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.