Forensic or clinical psychologist

Job Description

We are excited to announce a new post for our secure hospital psychology department, and are seeking a Registered clinical or forensic Psychologist to join our team. We are particularly keen to hear from applicants with experience in the assessment and treatment of sexual offending, and those experienced in working with individuals with ‘personality disorder’ diagnoses. The role will involve working in to a community sexual offending risk assessment service, as well as working with clients with a range of offences in our in-patient service. It is expected that you will evidence advanced practice skills in at least one area of specialised area of psychology, with good knowledge of others. Training in, and experience of working with, trauma-informed approaches would be an advantage.The post holder will have responsibility for the delivery of psychological services to patients in the hospital setting, with autonomy to deliver individualised treatment as identified through case formulations, and you may be involved in some group work. You will work alongside the staff in your ward area to support issues such as the advancement of psychologically informed approaches, staff well-being, and the new trauma-informed clinical model for the service. You may be involved in assessing individuals’ suitability for hospital transfer and treatment. In the community, you will work in to a specialist team assessing risk of sexual harm, and will provide psychological consultation to this. The post will provide the opportunity to contribute to service-based evaluation and audit, service development and teaching/ training. As a department, we are actively trying to develop our research activity.Our friendly psychology team consists of Clinical and Forensic Psychologists and we maintain a strong identity as a department whilst also being integral members of the ward multi-disciplinary teams. We would really encourage any interested parties to get in touch for an informal chat about the service and the role.We are members of the local area Post-Qualification Training network, providing frequent opportunities for accessing high quality CPD events and training, linking to career development. The department has strong links with the University of Hull.You will report to the Professional Lead for Forensic Services. This post would be suitable for Job Share in conjunction with a Job Share partner.Interviews will take place in January 2021Why work for usHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people. The Trust has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. The Trust is also proud to be HSJ Provider of the Year 2019 award winners.We employ approximately 2,800 staff across more than 79 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver Mental Health Services, Specialist Services for Children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP Practices across the locality.Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.The Trust works closely with our academic partners, including Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Hull University, nurturing and developing a workforce of doctors, nurses and other health and social care professionals of the future.At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.LocationHumber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust serves the rural populations of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Hull has benefitted from being included The Guardian’s ‘Hot List’ of places to visit and rated by Rough Guides as one of the top ten cities in the world to see. The nearby town of Beverley was named by The Sunday Times as one of the ten best places to live in the north. The area boasts a wide array of diverse property from coastal cottages to riverside apartments. Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire offer some of the most competitive house prices in the country, with access to excellent schools and further and higher education providers.The region has great transport connections with an hour commute York or Leeds. Want to go further afield There are daily ferry crossings from Hull to Belgium and the Netherlands and from Humberside Airport you can reach destinations across Europe and – via Schiphol – worldwide.For further details / informal visits contact:Sarah Rockliff, telephone , email