Specialist Psychologist, Psychological Therapist or Psychotherapist
To clinically deliver psychological assessments and interventions to a caseload of inpatient and community service users. Provide highly specialist psychological therapy assessments, formulations and interventions for distress and risky behaviours. To offer psychological advice and consultation to multi-disciplinary colleagues and other agencies that promotes patient, carer and staff safety and wellbeing. With support from the Inpatient Psychology Lead and line manager, to promote psychological and trauma informed approaches to care. Responsibility for supervising and professionally managing assistant psychologists. Enable all service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by contributing to a psychologically safe environment. To undertake delegated tasks pertaining to governance and service developments relevant to the role. To work autonomously with professional guidelines and the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, research, and policy and service development within the forensic directorate. To champion the Trusts vision and values. Participate in service outcome monitoring. To undertake psychometric and neuropsychological testing and test interpretation as appropriate. To produce reports, in a timely manner, that convey complex information in ways that are understandable to the recipients of the reports. To communicate, in a highly skilled and sensitive manner information that may be contentious or highly distressing.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust