Opportunity to work within a diverse and multidisciplinary team focused on prison healthcare, enhancing collaboration and learning.
Ability to make a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of individuals in prison settings, contributing to their rehabilitation.
Engagement in New Models of Care, which promotes innovative practices in mental health delivery and ensures compliance with London Wide service standards.
Access to professional development through supervision of unqualified staff and support in service development, fostering future generations of psychologists.
Utilization of advanced research skills for auditing and service improvement, offering a chance to contribute to the evolution of mental health services.
Flexibility in working locations within North London, providing a varied work environment and exposure to different community needs.
A supportive organisational culture at North London NHS Foundation Trust that values staff well-being and promotes high-quality care for patients.
Join us at North London NHS Foundation Trust as a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic/Health Psychologist and make a real difference in the lives of those in our prison healthcare system. We're looking for a compassionate and skilled psychologist to support our dedicated therapies team, providing essential psychological assessments and tailored interventions to individuals facing mental health challenges. This is your chance to bring your expertise and creativity to a role that not only allows for professional autonomy but also offers the support of a diverse, collaborative team committed to advancing mental health care.
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of implementing innovative care models that meet London-wide standards, while also providing mentorship to junior staff as we work together to improve services. Your insights and abilities will directly shape the healing environment for our clients in vibrant North London, where we pride ourselves on offering supportive workplaces that empower every member of our team. Ready to step into a vital role and be part of a pioneering organisation that values diversity and research? If you’re looking to support a meaningful cause with a caring community, we want to hear from you! For further details or to arrange an informal visit, reach out to Dr. Avni Chauhan at avni.chauhan@nhs.net or call 020 8588 3389.
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of implementing innovative care models that meet London-wide standards, while also providing mentorship to junior staff as we work together to improve services. Your insights and abilities will directly shape the healing environment for our clients in vibrant North London, where we pride ourselves on offering supportive workplaces that empower every member of our team. Ready to step into a vital role and be part of a pioneering organisation that values diversity and research? If you’re looking to support a meaningful cause with a caring community, we want to hear from you! For further details or to arrange an informal visit, reach out to Dr. Avni Chauhan at avni.chauhan@nhs.net or call 020 8588 3389.
Opportunity to work within a diverse and multidisciplinary team focused on prison healthcare, enhancing collaboration and learning.
Ability to make a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of individuals in prison settings, contributing to their rehabilitation.
Engagement in New Models of Care, which promotes innovative practices in mental health delivery and ensures compliance with London Wide service standards.
Access to professional development through supervision of unqualified staff and support in service development, fostering future generations of psychologists.
Utilization of advanced research skills for auditing and service improvement, offering a chance to contribute to the evolution of mental health services.
Flexibility in working locations within North London, providing a varied work environment and exposure to different community needs.
A supportive organisational culture at North London NHS Foundation Trust that values staff well-being and promotes high-quality care for patients.
The post holder will be required to support the delivery of care currently in the form of New Models of Care, enabling the service to meet the London Wide service specification standards for Prison Healthcare.
The post holder will support the therapies team to ensure they work to an agreed operational policy and offer integrated triage, assessment and intervention to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.
To provide a qualified specialist psychology service to patients under the care of the Mental Health team and Therapies Service within the Prison. The role includes providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To provide supervision to unqualified psychology staff and to support senior staff to further develop the service. To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including 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 client’s care.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Avni Chauhan Job title: Therapies Lead / Specialist Health Psychologist Email address: Telephone number: 02
The post holder will support the therapies team to ensure they work to an agreed operational policy and offer integrated triage, assessment and intervention to individuals within our prison settings who are presenting with mental health problems in line with the New Models of Care.
To provide a qualified specialist psychology service to patients under the care of the Mental Health team and Therapies Service within the Prison. The role includes providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy, at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To provide supervision to unqualified psychology staff and to support senior staff to further develop the service. To utilise research skills for audit, policy, service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including 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 client’s care.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
- We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
- We Are Proudly Diverse
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Avni Chauhan Job title: Therapies Lead / Specialist Health Psychologist Email address: Telephone number: 02
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