Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- 29,970 – 36,483 £ / Year
Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHFT secured services at HMP Peterborough, who will deliver all of healthcare services across the male and female prison estates. This includes primary care, substance misuse, mental health, and perinatal care. The post holder would be working as an active member of the NHFT team, working across the services provided. We recognise that many individuals have experienced a multitude of traumatic experiences. This role will be about embedding a trauma informed compassionate care model of delivery of care. You will be working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified Psychologist and within the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. You will assist in clinically related administration, conduct audits, collect statistics, develop audit/and or research projects, teaching and project work.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing support for services users on the perinatal mental health pathway delivering assessments and psychological interventions under the supervision of the qualified Psychologist. You will be required to work with other client groups too such as those with substance misuse and mental health problems.
Main duties of the job
Key areas of responsibility will be to work under supervision of the Principal Psychologist to:
Support assessments of psychological needs of clients, gathering and collating relevant information
To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological treatment/management of service users mental health concerns
To assist in the co-ordination and running of groups
Support appropriate record keeping, audit, policy and research as required
To undertake data collation, analysis and report production relevant to field of work
Assist in the development and delivery of psychological interventions and evaluations
Assist in the development of psychological information and intervention materials
Assist with the integration of all services delivered and the development of an integrated trauma informed service
Work within professional codes of conduct
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honors degree in Psychology (Second Class or higher
- Working in a healthcare and/or prison setting
- Experience of using psychological assessments, formulations, risk assessments and care planning
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
- Experience of working with offenders
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work with individuals with a history of violence and/or sexual offending
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An understanding of complex needs of a person with a diagnosis of Personality Disorders/mental illness/learning disability
Desirable
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team as well as independently reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
Experience
Essential
- An understanding of psychology applied to healthcare within a prison setting
Desirable
- Experience of working with offenders
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 31 May 2025