Job summary
- Main area
- Secured Services
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 270-TG493-HMPRAN-C
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- HMP Ranby
- Town
- Retford
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/04/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Senior Clinical/Counselling/ Forensic Psychologist
Band 8a
Job overview
Make a Real Difference in a Unique Setting
Are you a compassionate and motivated psychologist looking for a rewarding challenge? Join Team NHFT as a Senior Clinical/ Counselling or Forensic Psychologist at HMP Ranby, where you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to residents in a secure environment.
At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we're proud to be rated. Outstanding by the CQC. We're committed to innovation, inclusivity, and making a real difference in the lives of our patients and staff.
Main duties of the job
This role will be to lead the provision of psychological interventions and provide input from a psychological perspective to individuals in prison with difficulties with substance misuse. To supervise and oversee the work of an Assistant Psychologists as well as work closely with the multidisciplinary team consisting of nursing staff, prison staff and other organisations focused on wellbeing. The successful post holder will develop trauma informed practice using up to date research and develop an evidence base.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualified Psychologist
Essential criteria
- Doctorate
Desirable criteria
- Forensic experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Therapy
- Trauma
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sunil Lad
- Job title
- Consultant Counselling Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768803884
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