Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

We would like to recruit a psychologist with experience of all aspects of clinical/forensic settings. The post is permanent and is based in the Forensic Community Service (FCS) at Guild Park, just outside Preston. The post holder will work in a specialist team in the FCS designed to deliver forensic services to adults with autism. The functions of this team are to work with service users, their natural supports, in-patient colleagues, and other partner agencies and stakeholders to reduce admissions to secure in-patient services, to support discharges and transitions into the community, and to prevent re-admission to hospital. This will be achieved through consultation, specialist case management, system level working and training and workforce development.
The team is multi-disciplinary in nature. The role of the psychologist on the team will be to use consultation and formulation to produce an understanding of the service user. This understanding will be used to guide direct interventions with service users; and to provide advice to those working with the service user about risk management, and treatment and pathway planning. As part of the new team, the psychologist will be required to offer supervision to their fellow team members and to develop and deliver training. Where needs are identified, training will also be expected to be provided to staff external to the team who are working with the service user. The role requires 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 be opportunities to use audit and evaluation, to inform and develop practice and service provision. As part of the wider Psychological Services Team, the post holder will be expected to develop expertise in all aspects of forensic/clinical practice across the different services within Guild Park.
Lancashire &South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South CumbriaFoundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
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This advert closes on Monday 22 Jan 2024