Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Lead for Men's Mental Health Treatment
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-FOR7476463
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bethnal Green Health Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £72,921 - £83,362 per annum pro rata Inc HCAs
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Lead for Men's Mental Health Treatment Requirement Service
Band 8b
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to jointly lead and develop a newly commissioned North East London (NEL) men’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) service to reduce custodial sentences and improve the wellbeing of men in the criminal justice system with mental health needs. This NEL service is jointly provided by East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) and North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).
Mental Health Treatment Requirements (MHTRs) were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. Treatment requirements offer courts an alternative to short custodial sentences and aim to prevent reoffending by addressing underlying vulnerabilities and improving quality of life. This service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions. The MHTR Service will also provide the courts with information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
Main duties of the job
NEL are looking for two 0.6 WTE B8b Clinical or Counselling Psychologists to lead the service across North East London; with the posts operating as a jobshare across the NELFT and ELFT catchment. NELFT and ELFT are recruiting to the two 0.6 WTE posts simultaneously and interested applicants are encouraged to apply to both positions. There are equivalent posts being recruited in North West London via CNWL and South London via Oxleas. We expect the clinical leads and services to work closely together, to ensure that courts across London are covered throughout the year.
The role will be responsible for operational service delivery across all courts in NEL. The successful candidates will hold a small complex clinical caseload and be responsible for supervision of the clinical team.
Working for our organisation
The posts are being advertised by both NELFT and ELFT and candidates will be considered for both posts at interview. Both Trusts support flexible working and applications for secondments to this substantive role will be considered. We hope to recruit a staff team reflective of the population we serve and welcome applications from those with protected characteristics, including minoritised ethnic groups.
Interviews are anticipated to be on 14th October 2025.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please contact us if you would like to know more: Dr Phil Minoudis (Head of Forensic PD Psychology, ELFT) [email protected] 07961 474 117; Dr Rachel Smith (Professional Lead for Forensic Psychology, NELFT) [email protected] 07944 206 081
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical/forensic psychology, including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developments as accredited by the BPS. Registration with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical/Forensic Psychologist
- Relevant clinical qualification within health or social care professions; In addition to accreditation and registration with the relevant clinical body
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist, and evidence of continuing professional development as required by the HCPC)
- Completion of further post-doctoral/post-qualification specialist training including training in clinical supervision
- Completion of further post-doctoral/post-qualification specialist training including training in clinical supervision
- Accredited training in structured professional judgement approaches to risk assessment (including but not limited to the HCR20)
- Trained in an evidence-based treatment for mental health/personality disorder
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Accredited therapist in evidence-based treatment for
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, risk management and treatment of high risk high harm service users with significant personality difficulties across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, and inpatient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of service user groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience at a highly specialist level with the service user group of the post
- Significant experience of inter-agency working with forensic mental health, probation and/or prison services, including consultation to these services
- Experience of developing and delivering training and of clinical supervision
- Significant management and supervision experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of the application of clinical/forensic psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of supervising psychologically informed approaches including formulation, specialist psychological assessments and treatment
- Experience of recruitment, selection and retention processes
- Experience of developing new services
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Understanding of specialist psychological treatment for mental health/personality disorder
- Understanding and experience of formulation for complex high risk service users with significant mental health/personality difficulties
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies and two assessment methodologies
- An extensive understanding of Criminal Justice
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Knowledge of current mental health legislation and initiatives and of safeguarding legislation
- Knowledge of MAPPA policies and procedures and statutory responsibilities aligned to these
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc.)
- Strong organisational risk management
- Ability to lead on all category SUI reviews for the locality
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Philip Minoudis
- Job title
- Head of Forensic PD Psychology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07961 474 117
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