Job summary Due to a promotion for the current post holder, we have an exciting opportunity for a Band 8a psychologist to join our Forensic Psychology Team.
The successful candidate will be based within the women's low secure service at our Leeds site, Newsam Centre.
It provides assessment; treatment; and rehabilitation for women with complex mental health needs linked to their offending behaviours.
The service takes a trauma-informed approach to understanding service user's presentations and risks, formulating behaviours as driven by unmet needs, and informing a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to treatment with a focus on recovery.
There is also a forensic outreach and liaison service that the successful applicant will input to, supporting transitions from the ward to the community.
We are committed to supporting continued professional development, with a number of our team accessing further accredited training in therapy modalities (including CBT and EMDR) and leadership programmes.
We are committed to robust professional leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion and supporting staff wellbeing and CPD.
Our Psychological Professions Strategy outlines our vision.
We are proud that 100% of LYPFT psychological professionals recently surveyed reported they felt supported by colleagues.
There is opportunity for international applicants to be sponsored.
Informal enquiries and visits are encouraged.
Please contact Hayley Lyon (;0113 85 56450) Main duties of the job To provide specialist psychological services to the staff and service users on the low secure womens ward and forensic community team.
The post holder will be responsible for assessing and treating their own specialist caseload of clients and to maintain associated records.
The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other psychologists, assistant psychologists and other professionals within the service.
They will provide leadership to the psychology team on the site they are based.
They will have the skills and experience to work autonomously and make appropriate decisions without opportunity to consult more widely at times.
The post holder will conduct psychologically informed risk assessments and formulations alongside the MDT and will support staff to develop appropriate forums for case discussions, team formulations, and reflective practice.
The post holder will undertake audit, research, and service development projects across the whole service.
About us The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds.
We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country.
As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical.
Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only.
This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description Job responsibilities Leeds and York Forensic Services are looking for a highly motivated Band 8a psychologist.
The successful candidate would join our enthusiastic and supportive Forensic Psychology Team working in low secure services at our Leeds site.
This post will be mainly based on our womens inpatient pathway (mixed assessment/ treatment and rehab ward), whilst providing some input into the community and consultation service.
There are also opportunities to work into our mens pathway depending on the personal and professional clinical skills and interests of the candidate and service needs.
As the successful candidate you will join a respected and valued department.
Through a mixture of direct clinical work and indirect interventions, you will use leadership skills to promote and help embed the service-wide clinical model of Trauma Informed Care.
We are passionate about supporting teams and services to be psychologically-informed, maximising therapeutic potential and proportionate risk management.
The successful applicant will be committed to working within an MDT environment and adapting interventions for people with complex, diverse needs, who pose a risk of harm.
They will share the teams service-user-centred approach promoting collaborative risk assessment and formulation accounting for links between trauma and offending behaviours.
You will join a team with varied theoretical backgrounds.
We would particularly welcome applications from those with skills in (or wishing to develop their skills in) NICE recommended trauma interventions.
We have close links with local doctorate courses and contribute to teaching and training placements.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Doctoral level training in Clinical or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent prior to 1996) and HCPC registration; Additional significant post qualification training relevant to the service and job role outlined in the job summary.
Formal training in supervision of others.
Experience Essential Significant post qualification experience in an area of practice relevant to the service specified in the job summary, to include assessment of risk.