Principal Clinical / Counselling psychologist

At HMP YOI Peterborough, NHFT deliver the mental health service, perinatal mental health, an integrated substance misuse service (ISMS) and primary healthcare service all delivered in an integrated and collaborative manner. The successful candidate will be a valued member of the broader NHFT team at the prison and within the Trust, with a core role within the Mental Health Team. The successful candidate will receive regular clinical professional supervision from the NHFT Secured Services Consultant Counselling Psychologist Sunil Lad, and form part of a wider network of Clinical, Counselling and Forensic Psychologists working in Forensic settings in NHFT as well as the wider Trust. There will be responsibility to supervise other psychologists and assistant psychologists., The successful candidate will promote and support a trauma informed care approach and support the work of the wider team with teaching, training, and supervision. The successful candidate will lead on the development and delivery of specialised psychological assessment and intervention, both individual and group, delivered by the mental health team. Provide supervision to the Senior Assistant Psychologist and others delivering psychological intervention. Support the team to develop case formulations and formulation led care plans. To hold a small complex caseload. Provide specialist psychological assessments based upon the appropriate use, interpretation, and integration of complex data from a variety of sources, risk assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients and others involved in the patient's care.

HMP YOI Peterborough, comprises of a category B remand prison for over 900 men and a closed female prison for over 300 women, with a 12 bed Mother and Baby Unit (MBU). We are looking for a psychologist who possesses, highly specialist knowledge and experience of working with those with high risk and complex mental health needs, with forensic and trauma history and, ideally, experienced within forensic settings.

As a health and wellbeing organisation here at team NHFT we are dedicated to continually innovate and strive to make a difference to our community and those working for our Trust, we aim to serve the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas with safe, quality care. We deliver this from an understanding of our local healthcare needs, economy and the changing demands of our community.

Our mission, making a difference for you, with you was chosen by our staff and stakeholders. It means in everything we do and through every service we provide, we want to make a positive difference in people's lives - for those we care for, those we work with and those who work with us. Everyone is part of our team.

Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice, a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.

We want to recruit a diverse workforce, who are values driven, compassionate and have a desire to deliver high quality care every day.