Clinical Lead for London Women’s MHTR Service Consultant Psychologist
| Posting date: | 04 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £85,431.00 to £97,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £85431.00 - £97148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE1 2EL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-1093 |
Summary
To be responsible for the organisation, management and clinical leadership of high-quality specialist Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) services, namely the OPD services at HMP Highdown and CNWLs community OPD provision in London. These services are all provided by the London Pathways Partnership, a consortium of five NHS Trusts (including CNWL) who work in partnership to deliver a network of services to complex and high-risk service users in London and the Southeast. The services at HMP High Down include a Progressive Psychological Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) for men with Learning Disabilities and an OPD outreach service. The community services currently include an OPD Integrated Community Service and a specialist primary care Mental Health Treatment Requirement service for women. To organise psychological and OPD provision, through staffing and model development to ensure equitable and evidence-based services with robust referral and transition policies and procedures that compliment sentence planning and consistent with OPD strategies and guidelines. To develop an effective co-working relationship with the HMPPS partners so that the OPD services are effectively co-led and staff training and supervision is co-facilitated. To supervise psychologists and OPD clinicians within OPD and keep staff abreast of the latest guidance and new ways of working. To provide teaching and training of junior staff, psychology students & trainees, specialist nurses, other staff. To participate actively in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Care Quality. To contribute to the maintenance and development of OPD services within the Trust and LPP to the highest standard. To take an active role in the local Senior Management Teams and (when appropriate) to wider Health & Justice and LPP Services. To contribute to business development across Health & Justice and LPP through writing tenders, presenting on new business bids, designing appropriate service models for cost-effective and quality care. Where appropriate, to lead on investigations to support disciplinary action or complaints and incident reviews. To lead on the provision of high-quality service reports and to represent the OPD services in contract review meetings and national OPD and commissioning forums. To lead on audit, policy and service development for designated services and to contribute to and develop research within the Offender Personality Disorder Service Line