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Title: Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist
Employer: Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Description: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Prison Mental Health In-Reach Service, HMP Littlehey Prison, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Band 8a: £38,851 - £46,621 p.a.

Full-time, 37.5 hours per week - Job ref: CPFT3569A


Applications are invited for this new post with the developing Mental Health In-Reach Service provided by CPFT to the Cambridgeshire prisons (HMP/YOI Littlehey, HMP Peterborough, HMP Whitemoor).This post will be based at HMP/YOI Littlehey. We require a qualified Clinical Psychologist who has experience of working in forensic/secure settings. Experience of working with young offenders would be advantageous. Applications would be considered from recently qualified Clinical Psychologists (band 7) who are prepared to develop into this role with an agreed CPD plan.

You will work closely with other experienced Clinical and Counselling Psychologists as part of a multidisciplinary service team within the Specialist Services Division, which includes HMP Peterborough, HMP Whitemoor, Community Forensic teams and a low secure in-patient unit. As a service, our practice is guided by Recovery Principles.

This is an exciting time to join our existing well established multidisciplinary Prison Mental Health In-Reach Team. We can offer you commitment and encouragement with CPD, including training opportunities, clinical supervision and peer group support. We provide teaching and training placements for the UEA Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme and have close links with Cambridge University.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Criminal Records Bureau check.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we positively encourage applications from people who have experienced mental health problems.

The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust's normal retirement age is 65 years.

Informal contact: Deborah Hunt, Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, Associate Clinical Director -Specialist Services, email: deborah.hunt@cpft.nhs.uk tel: 01480 335162 or mobile: 07538 449514.

For full details on this and all other vacancies in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region and to apply online, please go to:

http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=912518779

If you do not have access to the internet, please call 01480 398652 (24 hour answerphone).

Closing date: 27 August 2010.


We are an equal opportunities employer.
Working Hours: Flexible Hours
Salary: £38,851 - £46,621 p.a.
Location: East Anglia
Closing Date: 27/Aug/2010
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Further Details
Contact Name: Deborah Hunt
Contact Email Address: deborah.hunt@cpft.nhs.uk
 

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