Clinical Lead (Forensic Liaison and Partnership Team)
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £64,455.00 to £74,896.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £64455.00 - £74896.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6TH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9232-25-0253 |
Summary
1. To work autonomously in undertaking highly specialised single case assessments, formulations and consultations with the service user and/or treating teams to develop an understanding of the persons presentation, symptoms and related management difficulties within a psychological framework. The post holder will be required to provide consultation, supervision and support to transitioning teams in the community to enable services to feel confident and able to provide mental health support to this client group. 2. To utilise highly specialist psychological skills to develop case formulations that provide detailed psychological understanding of the persons presentation, symptoms and related management issues taking into account different theoretical models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that will inform safe and effective future care and management. 3. To make highly skilled decisions in advising colleagues and partners, in the development of evidence-based management plans for service users and to sensitively monitor the efficacy of the management plans through regular consultations with staff, adjusting and refining psychological formulations and maintaining a number of different provisional hypotheses during transition from secure to non-secure care. 4. To utilise highly specialist psychological skills to contribute to risk assessment and management to support transitions from inpatient to community settings. 5. To maintain a high level of professionalism despite regular exposure to highly emotive, distressing and disturbing material. 6. To develop excellent working relationships with secure service and community colleagues and partners that will underpin effective liaison, communication and learning. 7. To communicate in a manner that is accessible and meaningful to colleagues, this will include complex information concerning client formulation and management/treatment plans.