Clinical/Forensic Psychologist

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical 1.1 To provide specialist psychological consultation and formulation to offender managers to support them in the management and supervision of and intervention with offenders. To provide specialist psychological assessment of clients based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources. This will include psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. 1.2 To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients psychological problems, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy.
The appropriate assessment of risk and provision for its safe management is a key aspect of the work to be undertaken by the post holder. 1.3 To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions therapy for individuals, while adjusting and refining psychological formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses where appropriate. 1.4 To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based standard care plans. 1.5 To develop and implement specialist psychological interventions, integrated into a multidisciplinary effective care coordination process.
1.6 To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans, including risk formulation and risk management 1.7 To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all clients. 1.8 To develop skills in and undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice, both general and specialist, to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management. 1.9 To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multidisciplinary care. 2.
Teaching, Training and Supervision 2.1 In common with all Clinical Psychologists, to receive regular supervision and management from senior professional colleagues. 2.2 To continue to gain wider post qualification experience of Clinical in line with BPS requirements. 2.3 To develop skills in the area of professional post-graduate teaching and training and to provide supervision to other staffs psychological work, e.g. staff from other designations, as appropriate.
2.4 Provides clinical supervision to less experienced psychology staff and members of the wider multidisciplinary team. 3. Management, Recruitment and Service Development 3.1 To contribute to the development, evaluation and monitoring of the teams operational policies and services, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit. 3.2 To advise both service and professional management on those aspects of the service where psychological and/or organisational matters need addressing.
4. Research and Service Evaluation 4.1 To utilise theory, evidence-based literature and research to support evidence based practice in individual work and work with other team members. 4.2 To undertake appropriate research as agreed with the line manager and provide research advice to other team colleagues. 4.3 To undertake project management, including complex audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within the service to develop service provision as appropriate

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