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Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist - HMP Fosse Way

Job details
Posting date: 11 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £50,952 - £68,525 Per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 11 May 2024
Location: Wigston, LE18 4WS
Company: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6222528/186-054-24-FS-A

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Summary

A Vacancy at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


To provide a comprehensive, specialist psychological service to patients at HMP Fosse Way. A stepped care approach is used incorporating interventions at different levels (e.g. therapeutic milieu), the provision of psycho-education, support and individual as well as group therapies. Key models of therapy include Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Art therapy etc.

We are seeking a Principal grade applied psychologist with a qualification in Clinical, Forensic or Counselling Psychology to join our well established psychology team working into Offender Health. You will join a large team of psychologists in Offender Health, but an even bigger ( 420 staff) psychological professions service in the trust. There will be opportunities to attend trust wide CPD events twice a year and to network.

The successful applicant will be supported to attend external CPD training in line with their interests and the service needs. Consideration will also be given to applicants who are interested in developing into an 8B ( Principal grade role). A full support package will be offered to develop the successful candidate from an 8A level into an 8B grade.

Any potential applicants who would be interested in the role, please contact Head of Healthcare for further discussion. We really look forward to hearing from you. Flexible working will also be an option as part of this role.



The post holder will provide specialist formulation-driven psychological assessment and therapy (Step 4 model) by working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.

Providing support, education and training for staff are central to the role of the psychologist.

Assisting in planning and evaluating the service will also be key components for the Post-holder.

To utilise research and audit skills for policy, practice and service development in the Directorate.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

The duties and responsibilities of this post to be undertaken in accordance with policies, procedures and practices of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and with the Code of Conduct and Guidance on Professional Practice issued by the British Psychological Society. It is the post-holder’s responsibility to ensure they keep up-to-date with these policies and other policy documents.

To support the Lead Psychologist/ Mental health lead in developing effective treatment pathways.

To identify and to advise service managers on those aspects of the service where psychological or organisation matters need addressing.


This advert closes on Sunday 5 May 2024

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