Highly Specialist Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time (0.5 WTE) 8b Clinical or Forensic Psychologist to join the MHTR service across Lincolnshire.

Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) is a recovery orientated mental health service that delivers high-quality care to reduce re-offending and support rehabilitation by addressing health-related drivers to offending behaviour. It is part of the Community Sentence Treatment Requirement (CSTR) programme, working with the National Probation Service, NHS England and other external agencies. The MHTR service provides psychological interventions to people in the community who have been charged with an offence that is eligible for a community or suspended sentence. The team is friendly, psychologically minded, and made up of a range of professional disciplines.

The team is based in Lincoln, and the role is county-wide across Lincolnshire.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification which detail the duties of this role.

This post is for 0.5 WTE with some opportunity to manage this within a flexible arrangement.

You will be the Clinical Lead for the team and so the role provides opportunities to develop leadership skills, pathway development work, and supervisory skills as well as your own therapeutic skills.

You will provide clinical oversight and supervision of the MHTR team in providing psychological interventions for individuals referred through the court as part of their community sentence. You will be supported through supervision from a Consultant Psychologist, alongside support from the Service Manager and Team Manager. Still a relatively new service, the post offers a real opportunity for shaping and developing the service.

Partnership working is important to the service. you will be required to engage with and maintain relationships with relevant partner agencies. They will also oversee and evaluate the team's screening, assessment and formulation processes and model(s) of intervention (in accordance with the existing CSTR Programme Operating Framework). The Clinical Lead will also hold a small caseload to provide treatment for more complex cases.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Job responsibilities

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

NHS pension scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants