Consultant Forensic/Consultant Applied Psychologist

We have an exciting opportunity to develop aninnovative three-year Forensic Hub Consultation Pilot. We wish to offer a 3 year secondment opportunity for a Consultant Forensic/Consultant Applied Psychologist with experience of working in Forensic settings and services to provide expert clinical leadership to the Forensic Reach Out and Support Team/Service. The Forensic Reach Out and Support pilotaims to reduce the number of forensic transitions between secondary care community services and specialised forensic services, including the duration between referrals. It will provide proactive management and oversight of forensic cases to help identify early warning signs of relapse and taking action to prevent readmission to secure services. It will; strengthen the interface between forensic and secondary mental health services; clarify key paths and transition criteria; enhance coordination and collaboration practices for forensic service users between secondary care community services and specialised providers. The service will offer forensic expertise, leadership and training to upskill our Mental Health multi-disciplinary teams in comprehensive forensic formulation-based risk assessment and risk management. This includes embedding our comprehensive risk assessment training programme, including HCR-20 risk assessments within all our CMHT and inpatient services. This will enable system wide teams confidence to work with complex forensic issues.