Clinical/Forensic Psychologist
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2025 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 8JL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9455-25-0140 |
Summary
*PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION* The successful candidate will support the provision of psychological interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team including leading on the delivery of psychology within the team. This will include the provision of highly specialist and expert psychological assessment and interventions, in addition to contributing to developing research, offering supervision, consultancy training and reflective practice to psychology staff and other clinicians, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.The use of research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the North London Forensic Service will also be required. Key Responsibilities To provide a qualified clinical psychology service to detained patients within the inpatient services at the North London Forensic Service (including low and medium secure wards), service users coming up for discharge from secure inpatient services or living in the community thereafter, as required. The successful candidate will support the provision of psychological interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team including leading on the delivery of psychology within the team. This will include the provision of highly specialist and expert psychological assessment and interventions, in addition to contributing to developing research, offering supervision, consultancy training and reflective practice to psychology staff and other clinicians, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. The use of research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the North London Forensic Service will also be required. To communicate across language and cultural barriers, through appropriate interpreters where necessary, to ensure that highly complex treatments are carried out in a language easily understandable to the service user. To be aware of and promote all anti-discriminatory practice in line with Trust Policy and professional psychology practice. To work safely and under guidance in relation to aggression and violence. To minimize risks of physical violence by appropriate planning and taking precautionary measures.