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Bank Trainee Forensic Psychologist
Posting date: | 12 July 2024 |
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Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 19 July 2024 |
Location: | Maghull, L31 1FN |
Company: | NHS Jobs |
Job type: | Contract |
Job reference: | C9350-24-1307 |
Summary
Principal Responsibilities: Clinical: To undertake, under supervision, highly specialist assessments including risk assessments, assessments of personality disorder and structured mental illness assessments and assessment of cognitive function. To conduct, under supervision, specialist psychological assessments, including the use of psychometric tests, and a range of other quantitative and qualitative measures and approaches such as interviews and observation. To develop psychological formulations of clinical problems, and to use such formulations to design and implement appropriate individualised care plans and interventions under supervision. To evaluate the psychological interventions, involving patients, care teams, carers, etc, and to review and adjust psychological treatment and management plans accordingly. To communicate confidential, sensitive and personal information concerning risk and psychological needs obtained through assessments and interventions, to referring agents and to the patients (who may have limited understanding and difficulties with acceptance) and also, where appropriate, to relatives and carers. To provide specialist consultancy, advice, and clinically based supervision to care teams about the care and management of the patients problems in line with developing competence. To deliver group based interventions and undertake all relevant activities associated with such activities. To keep appropriate records of work and inform referrers and relevant others through letters or reports. To work, as required as a member of a multidisciplinary team.