Expert Witness Psychologist

Expert Witness Psychologist

Psychology and Psychiatry Birmingham Exam Works Partnerships Nov 4, 2025

Ad-hoc hours contract only.

Hourly rate £75-£100

Location:

You will carry out assessments at your nearest clinic, with over 250 locations across England and Wales, you’ll cover clinics an hour from your doorstep.

As a Clinical Psychologist, you don’t need any experience in the Medico‑legal field as this will be trained as you complete the assessments. However, you do need to have worked as a Clinical Psychologist with patients in varying degrees of mental health for 12 months. You must be registered on the HCPC for the same amount of time under “Clinical OR Forensic Psychologist”.

The position is evaluation and assessment only, so you should have excellent assessment and administration skills, with a strong understanding of psychological assessment tools. You should have knowledge and hands‑on experience in 121 therapies, CBT, EMDR or similar cognitive treatments, with children OR adults or both.

You will be asked to carry out evaluations. Whilst you will not implement treatment, you will recommend diagnostic and prognosis, with the best and most suitable course of therapy. The cases are a mixture of Medco legal/personal injury cases and crime‑related or immigration cases. You will be working on behalf of insurers, courts and solicitors in assessing individuals on their mental health and capacity to stand trial, face deportation or to make a personal injury case.

You will assess, express a clinical overview of prognosis, diagnosis and referral for treatment. As above, this is an evaluation and assessment only role; you will not be offering any form of treatment directly, however you must be skilled in the knowledge of treatments provided to those with conditions such as PTSD, sleep deprivation, anxiety, flashbacks and depression.

Reports are written up by legal secretaries; most cases are low value and you will only validate the report from the back‑dated accident, therefore this involves very little admin. Patient health records are available for your preparation, as well as the generalised anxiety disorder form; you will only need to back‑date medical records to the recorded incident or offence.

• Our client is a panel provider; you will only work as and when an instruction in your remit and area is available.
• Commuting:
  All experts will be required to meet with patients on site at the nearest clinic provided to your address.
• Expenses:
  Fuel expenditure is paid over a certain mileage.
• Proof of qualifications:
  Diploma, Bachelors or Masters.
• Indemnity insurance:
  You must be prepared to cover your own indemnity insurance, up to £5 million and the policy must include Medico‑legal.
• ICO certified or willing to apply for this, to work as a self‑employed or sole trader.

Ready to start your role as an Expert Witness? Apply now and we will be in touch as soon as we can! Or drop your CV to me nseers.

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