Job summary
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have an exciting opportunity for a Preceptorship Psychologist to join our integrated Mental Healthcare team at HMP Lewes,a category B remand prison based in Lewes, East Sussex
Within this role you will work with a broad range of complex presentations, the position would suit a Psychologist familiar with adult mental health presentations, neurodiversity and complex trauma. You must be familiar with trauma informed approaches and will contribute to and support the clinical leadership team in the development of the psychological therapies service. The role includes supervising Assistant Psychologist, and if required supervision training can be supported as part of your preceptorship.
Hours
Tuesday - Thursday 08:00 - 16:00 / 09:00 - 17:00
This position is part-time working 2.5 days per week, on a 12 month fixed term contract.
Salary
You'll receive an annual salary from £65,000 FTE- depending on experience.
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team
Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
Main duties of the job
As a qualified, HCPC registered Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Offer clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) in the form of training, supervision and reflective practice
- Undertake psychological assessments and support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
- Deliver and oversee the delivery of 1:1psychological interventions and group intervention as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
- Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff where required
- Contribute to the development of audit, service evaluation and research profile as appropriate
It doesnt stop there we also offer:
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
- Staff subsidised canteen
- Free use of gym at lunchtime
About us
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Practice Plus Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
- We treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated
- We act with integrity
- We embrace diversity
- We strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Requirements
- Full HCPC registration as a practitioner psychologist
- Collaborative working and the ability to contribute to ongoing development, adaptation, and delivery of psychologically and trauma informed practice
- Proven experience in Clinical/ Forensic or Counselling Psychology
- Experience in complex, high risk or forensic environments
- Experience working with psychological Trauma
- Excellent communication skills
- Team Player
Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role will include conducting comprehensive psychological assessments, providing therapeutic interventions, developing individualized treatment plans to address the mental health needs of remanded individuals and supporting the embedding of a Trauma Informed approach to patient care. By collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including healthcare and prison colleagues, this role will contribute to the overall wellbeing of men in prison, support their emotional resilience during this transitional period, and facilitate access to necessary resources and support systems to promote better outcomes both during incarceration and post-release.
MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical -
Identify patients who may benefit from psychological intervention, following mental health triages and in discussion with the multi-disciplinary team and, where demand exceeds capacity, prioritise according to clinical need, risk presentation and release planning in line with agreed service policy;
Provide comprehensive psychological assessment, including risk assessment, and develop psychological formulations to support patients and other members of the MDT in making sense of their difficulties; contribute, where appropriate, to Mother & Baby board reviews;
Identify and deliver appropriate individual and group interventions to patients in line with the Psychological Therapies Service (PTS) pathways;
To monitor and evaluate psychological interventions using appropriate measures;
To maintain accurate clinical records and keep the PTS dashboard up to date with outcomes data for patient/service and staff outcomes;
To communicate both verbally and written, highly complex information concerning assessment, formulation and intervention plans to patients, professional colleagues and external agencies, as appropriate;
Manage resources appropriately.
Identify and provide opportunities for other members of the multi-disciplinary team to gain understanding of how psychological knowledge can support their work with patients, through developing psychological formulations with team members, participating in multi-disciplinary meetings and decision making or other opportunities for providing consultancy and advice;
To attend ACCT reviews and segregation reviews in the prison as appropriate and to offer psychological opinion about management and appropriate referrals in that context and, offer psychological understanding into CSIP plans to support management of patients within the wing by prison staff;
In liaison with the Mental Leads and/or Heads of Healthcare, identify and deliver opportunities for staff learning and reflection, through reflective practice, debrief and training sessions.
In liaison with Mental Leads and/or Heads of Healthcare and the National head of Psychological Therapies, identify opportunities for and conduct service development projects in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team;
Participate in and contribute to CPD and peer supervision within the wider healthcare team;
Active engagement in appropriate practice supervision and keep a log of evidence of core competencies in line with agreed preceptorship plan.
Teaching, training and supervision
To provide regular reflective practice sessions to the mental health team and other ad-hoc opportunities for reflection on practice, including individual or group debriefing following incidents;
To provide training to other members of the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of trauma and psychologically informed care and treatment;
To contribute to CPD and peer supervision sessions within the wider PTS team;
To receive regular clinical supervision from an appropriately qualified and experienced supervisor, in accordance with the BPS and the HCPC guidelines and, where appropriate, from other senior professional colleagues;
Management, recruitment, policy and service development
To participate in multi-disciplinary meetings concerned with the delivery and development of clinical services and contribute a psychological perspective as appropriate;
To advise the Mental Health lead and/or Heads of Healthcare on those aspects of the service where psychological matters need addressing in line with best practice and service objectives;
To contribute to proposals for and implementation of policy and service development changes in relation to psychology and psychological therapies within the service;
Research, service evaluation & audit
To utilise theory, evidence based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual/ group work and work with other team members;
To contribute to project management, including complex audit, research and service evaluation projects, with colleagues within the service, to help develop service provision;
Professional -
To attend regional and national Psychological Therapies meetings, service development and other relevant meetings regularly;
To adhere to professional/accrediting body codes of conduct, policies and procedures (e.g. HCPC, BABCP, BPS);
To be aware of, adhere to, and where appropriate, contribute to the formulation and review of Practice Plus Group policies and procedures;
To maintain and develop high standards of psychology/psychological therapy practice by engaging in continuing professional development and co-operative working/networking with therapists, clinical, counselling and forensic psychologist colleagues;
To receive regular line management supervision by the Head of Healthcare
To participate in the organisations annual performance review and personal development planning process with the clinical supervisor and line manager;
To keep up to date with legislation, national directives, policies and NICE guidelines in relation to the work delivered.
Other
This Job Description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and their manager. Job descriptions should be reviewed at least annually at the appraisal meeting.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice
Address
1 Brighton Rd
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1EA
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://practiceplushij.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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