Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Higher Assistant Psychologist
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We are looking to recruit a band 5 Higher Assistant Psychologist to join the Adult Forensic Psychology Service within Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Foundation NHS Trust.
The Adult Forensic Psychology Team within secure care services provides recovery-focused psychological services (including assessment, formulation and interventions) to mentally disordered offenders across mental health, learning disability and personality disorder pathways, both within in-patient and community settings.
This role is to support psychological provision across our medium and low secure inpatient forensic mental health and learning disability wards at Northgate Park.
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The successful candidate will have a Psychology degree (2:1 or above) and should have experience of working with people with mental health difficulties/learning disability/personality disorder/or other disabilities. Experience of working with forensic populations is desirable.
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
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NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen Clothier
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: helen.clothier@cntw.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01670394840
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