About this role
Job summary
The Specialist and Secured Care Delivery Pathway Integrated Substance Misuse Services (ISMS) Psychologist will lead the development and implementation of structured psychological pathways for substance misuse which are co morbid for trauma, and mental health needs across the Secured Services care delivery pathway.
People in prisons have a number of needs and may come into prisons with co morbid mental health difficulties and substance misuse. This is an exciting opportunity to develop pathways across prisons in Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, HMP Bedford and Peterborough where NHFT delivers psychosocial substance misuses recovery services.
The postholder will work in supporting recovery workers to engage with the population using trauma informed, evidence based recovery to provide a positive difference to people in our care. There will be opportunities to conduct research and evaluate interventions.
Please note this post is subject to security vetting. To be considered for this post you will need to have continuously resided in the UK without any breaks for a minimum of 3 years prior to this application and be able to evidence your years of residency. Please note without sufficient evidence your application may not progress.
Main duties of the job
Work closely with teams across the prisons to develop competencies of staff in working with people who use substances in prison
Staff training
Research and evaluation
Embedding co production and service user involvement into the services
Develop resources that are co-produced and meet the needs of the population
About us
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.
We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.
Job description Job responsibilities
Clinical:
1. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a clients psychological problems including developmental background, long term personality adaptations, interpersonal patterns of relating, service and diagnostic issues.
2. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, and groups, within and across teams
3. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
3. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically based care plans.
4. To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
5. To ensure that all members of the treating team have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
6 To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, highly complex/sensitive information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor and evaluate progress during the course of both uni- and multi-disciplinary care.
7. To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team, particularly where there are conflicting opinions about the multiple options available for assessment and intervention.
8. To provide formal and informal clinical advice and support to psycho social substance misuse teams across a number of prisons
Teaching, training and supervision
1. To receive regular clinical professional supervision from a Consultant Clinical/ Counselling Psychologist.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Substance misuse
Desirable
Prison
Qualifications Essential
Doctorate in Psychology
Desirable
Additional therapy
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address St Marys Hospital
Kettering
NN15 7PH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)