Senior Clinical/Forensic Psychologist and Clinical Lead
| Posting date: | 08 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £55,690.00 to £62,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55690.00 - £62682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE1 3RW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9310-25-0807 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. To manage the delivery of the PIPE model in line with the PIPE service specification and national guidance; developing operational structures and approaches so that they are appropriately psychologically and psychosocially informed. To develop necessary psychosocial conditions required to support progression through the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway, ensuring the service has a focus on the lived experience of service users. To develop and implement socially-creative, semi-structured activities within the PIPE in order to contribute to a healthy psychosocial environment. To ensure these sessions are responsive and adhere to principles of service user involvement and engagement. To develop a culture that promotes planned and psychologically informed responses from staff in relation to the host environment. This includes consideration of institutional dynamics and processes. To support and manage the referral and assessment process for those applying to the PIPE, ensuring any relevant population and criteria considerations are taken into account, and all decisions are documented. Also, to liaise with the national Clinical Development Lead for PIPEs where appropriate. To ensure that there is consistency and equity in approach from frontline members of the PIPE team, managing and mitigating the clinical impact of staffing structures, e.g. shift patterns or long absences. In conjunction with the Operational Lead to ensure the weekly programme of activities in the PIPE meet both clinical and operational requirements. To oversee the delivery of the structured and socially-creative groups and to develop further groups as the need arises. To ensure the unit maintains the recognised Enabling Environment award status, in conjunction with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. To promote and support a culture of innovation and creativity in the approach to working within the PIPE framework.