Clinical Psychologist (7-8a preceptorship considered)

We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity has arisen for an 8a Clinical Psychologist

To work across the Forensic Outreach Service (FOS) and the Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCMHT).

Both of these teams form part of the Community Business Unit at Guild Park.

The Forensic Outreach service

Provides a consultancy service to local services who manage cases where there are significant risk concerns.

The FCMHT

Is a multi-disciplinary team whose task is to ensure safe and lasting transitions for service users moving on from secure inpatient care into the community.

The post holder would be joining experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary teams as well as a supportive group of psychology colleagues.

Role Requirements

The role requires the post holder to have the ability to work with clients who present with the full range of clinical needs and risk behaviours, and the ability to engage with, and respond to, highly complex clinical, professional and ethical challenges, and demands on clinicians and services. There will also be opportunities to use audit and evaluation to inform and develop practice and service provision.

Other Aspects Of The Psychology Role Would Include

• Providing risk formulation based psychological advice to the team
• Implementing direct psychological intervention with service users managed by the team
• Providing formal consultation and reflective space to MDT practitioners
• Undertaking joint working with other key stakeholders including the Community Mental Health Teams and inpatient services within LSCFT’s Adult Mental Health Network in managing high risk and complexity of need.
• Consulting with referrers in order to work towards building comprehensive risk formulations with which to guide recommendations to the referring team;
• Providing psychologically informed guidance to other FOS team practitioners that are from Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Social Work disciplines
• Model alternative approaches and solutions through direct working with service users that have been referred.