As a Lead Psychologist, your responsibilities will vary. You will:
- Provide oversight for HMP Preston, HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Kirkham with clinical input for HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Kirkham
- Support the development and embedding of a trauma-informed mental health service model across sites
- Offer clinical support and oversight to the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT)
- Undertake psychological assessments
- Support complex multi-disciplinary formulations
- Deliver psychological interventions to cases of complexity
- Deliver and oversee 1:1 and group intervention as part of the Trauma Informed 'Making Sense' Programme
- Deliver teaching and training to healthcare and prison staff where required
- Contribute to the development of audit, service evaluation and research profile as appropriate
If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.
It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it
- Free gym access on all 3 sites
- Free parking at HMP Lancaster Farms and HMP Kirkham
- Indemnity insurance costs will be covered
Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Qualifications, skills and experience required:
- Registered with professional body or regulatory body as appropriate to psychological therapy discipline i.e., HCPC/BPS
- Experience of highly specialist psychological assessment and individual and group based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including primary and secondary/ specialist care and inpatient/residential, outpatient and community team settings and forensic settings.
- Experience working with psychological trauma
- Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical / forensic / counselling psychologist at a senior highly specialist level
Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.