Clinical and/or Forensic Psychologist
- Manchester
- £55,690-62,682 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Contribute to the MDT forensic consultation process.
- Develop and sustain close working relationships with non-forensic teams.
- Deliver 1:1 and/or group interventions, as required.
- Engage in research, clinical audit and quality improvement initiatives, as agreed by the Consultant Psychologist, to support the SCFTs efficacy and ongoing development.
- Contribute to training which upskills the wider SCFT in relation to psychological concepts, interventions and tools etc.
- Clinically supervise and/or line management psychological professionals, as agreed with the Consultant Psychologist.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Additional further professional training and/or qualification, such as neuropsychology or therapeutic models (e.g. CBT, EMDR, schema therapy).
- Completion of post-graduate training in the clinical supervision of others.
- Experience working as a qualified clinical or forensic psychologist in forensic settings.
- Experience working with service users with severe mental health problems who engage in significantly risky behaviour(s).
- Experience providing psychological consultation (including formulation) to other professionals and professional groups.
- Experience interfacing with criminal justice systems, e.g. MAPPA and HMPPS
- Experience of teaching, training and supervising others.
- Experience supervising assistant psychologists and/or trainee psychologists.
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of psychological approaches to working with complex mental health difficulties (inc. personality and neurodevelopmental disorders) and significant, complex risk profiles.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Developed knowledge of research methodology, statistical analysis and publication-level written communication skills.
- Skills in conducting risk assessment, formulations and management plans
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Approved training in a specific therapeutic approach other than cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), such as mentalisation-based therapy (MBT), cognitive analytic therapy (CAT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist
- Additional further professional training and/or qualification, such as neuropsychology or therapeutic models (e.g. CBT, EMDR, schema therapy).
- Completion of post-graduate training in the clinical supervision of others.
- Experience working as a qualified clinical or forensic psychologist in forensic settings.
- Experience working with service users with severe mental health problems who engage in significantly risky behaviour(s).
- Experience providing psychological consultation (including formulation) to other professionals and professional groups.
- Experience interfacing with criminal justice systems, e.g. MAPPA and HMPPS
- Experience of teaching, training and supervising others.
- Experience supervising assistant psychologists and/or trainee psychologists.
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of psychological approaches to working with complex mental health difficulties (inc. personality and neurodevelopmental disorders) and significant, complex risk profiles.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and its implications for clinical practice.
- Developed knowledge of research methodology, statistical analysis and publication-level written communication skills.
- Skills in conducting risk assessment, formulations and management plans
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Approved training in a specific therapeutic approach other than cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), such as mentalisation-based therapy (MBT), cognitive analytic therapy (CAT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT