Clinical/ Forensic Psychologist

Essential

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical or forensic psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies. and lifespan developmental psychology.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists or equivalent experience.
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist
• Non Clinical Psychologists will need to be able to demonstrate the above competencies

Desirable

• Post-doctoral training in a specialised area of assessment and/or psychological intervention e.g. DBT, trauma focused therapy, accredited offending behaviour work.
• Leadership/Management training
• Trauma informed care training

Essential

• Assessed experience of
• working as a qualified clinical/forensic psychologist.
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to individuals, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of working with individuals with complex health problems.
• Skills in the application of interventions for individuals with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour and/or offending histories.
• Ability to contain, explore and formulate an understanding of high levels of distress both directly with individuals and indirectly via supervision of other staff.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Ability to constructively manage situations and people at times of conflict.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision. Experience of professional management of qualified and pre-qualified clinical
• psychologists and/or psychological therapists.
• Ability to work collaboratively with senior managers and staff in service delivery and developments.
• Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practised within the field of clinical/forensic psychology.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the patient group and mental health.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
• Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
• Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
• IT skills including email, word processing and basic databases.
• Interest in models of service delivery and an ability to articulate the value added by psychology services within the context of multi-disciplinary mental health services.

Desirable

• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of assessing and treating patients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of working within learning disability settings.
• Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g., personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities and severely challenging behaviours etc).
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
• A commitment to the evaluation of services, enthusiasm for both multi-professional and uni-professional audit and a wish to continue to develop expertise in the service area.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership and management skills.