The Men's Personality Disorder Service Psychology department, Rampton Hospital is seeking a clinical and or forensic psychologist for a 12 month fixed term contract is to provide maternity leave cover. This established department consists of six qualified clinical and forensic psychologists and two assistant psychologists, and regularly provides placements to clinical and forensic trainee psychologists. The psychologists, along with two CNPs and a Nurse Consultant, provide an integrated trauma informed psychological treatment pathway within a multidisciplinary treatment service. The psychological pathway includes DBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR, and offence reduction programmes, and draws on multiple models and approaches, e.g., polyvagal theory, somatic experiencing, compassion focused therapy. These developmental interpersonal and trauma informed models are used to formulate and guide treatment for men given a diagnosis of personality disorder. Clinical supervision is prioritised and specialist therapy supervision is available. There is a strong focus on multidisciplinary working and the successful candidate will be working into specified wards and MDTS.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
To provide a comprehensive, highly specialist clinical and forensic psychology service to patients within the Men’s Personality Disorder Service. To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, supervision and reflective practice, and advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to other members of the clinical team. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within Rampton Hospital
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 10,500 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health and forensic health services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 80 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings and secure environments.
We are one of the largest mental health and community health Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
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The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
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Clinical or Work Practice
To provide specialist psychological assessments to patients within the allocated services, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients and others involved in the patients’ care.
- To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or
management of a patient’s mental health problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the patient’s problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
- To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions,
individual and group, within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses.
- To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual.
- To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,
treatment and discharge of patients whose problems are managed by
psychologically based standard care plans.
To liaise closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team, giving authoritative specialist advice on psychological aspects of care, contributing directly to formulation, diagnosis and treatment planning.
- To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service.
- To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients and to provide advice and training to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and management.
To communicate in a skilled, persuasive and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment formulation and treatment plans of patients, and to monitor progress during the course of their multidisciplinary care.
- To disseminate knowledge and skills in both general aspects of forensic clinical psychology, as well as a designated specialist area.
- To represent Rampton Hospital and Psychology on Trust wide and other committees and groups, as agreed with the Head of Psychology and with a clear brief.
- To develop networks and contacts to update the policy and practice of forensic clinical psychology, particularly as applied to mentally disordered offenders, to support professional and service development.
Teaching, Training & Supervision
- To receive regular clinical supervision from a qualified psychologist and, where appropriate, other professional colleagues.
- To deploy skills in the area of professional postgraduate teaching, training and supervision, particularly of clinical and forensic psychologists.
- To supervise junior psychology staff and professional psychology trainees.
- To provide teaching, training and supervision to staff and MDT colleagues, and other psychologists.
- To continue to gain experience, and particularly in an agreed specialist area.
Research & Service Evaluation
- To use theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work and work with other MDT colleagues.
- To devise and undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to others undertaking research, to develop service and clinical forensic psychology knowledge base as agreed with the Lead Psychologist.
- To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, as agreed with the Head of Psychology
Policies & Procedures
- The duties and responsibilities of this post will be undertaken in accordance with the policies, procedures and practices of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and with the Code of Conduct and Guidance on Professional Practice issued by the British Psychological Society and the Health and Care Professions Council. t is the post-holder’s responsibility to ensure that they keep up-to-date with these policies and other policy documents.
- Works in accordance with Forensic Division and Rampton Hospital procedures, in particular security and health and safety.
- Applies equal opportunities principles at all times and participates in training activities and Individual Performance and Development Reviews.
Management, Recruitment & Service Development
- To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the services through the development of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit as agreed with the Head of Psychology.
- To identify and to advise service managers on those aspects of the service where psychological or organisation matters need addressing .
- To help manage the workloads of junior psychologists as directed by the Head of Psychology .
- To conduct individual performance reviews of junior staff by agreement with the Head of Psychology.
- To be involved, as appropriate, in the short-listing and interviewing of psychology staff.
Health and Safety
- To work within the provisions of the Trust Health and Safety Policy.
