Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist - Home Treatment Teams
| Posting date: | 13 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £58,972 - £68,525 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 July 2024 |
| Location: | Solihull, B37 7JB |
| Company: | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6391529/436-5843614-E |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Would you like to work in a service that encourages innovation and service development? If you have ideas that might be translated into a potentially income generating specialist service initiative, we may be looking for each other. Would you like to expand your leadership skills/experience? Would you like to work as part of a friendly psychological service, offering your skills to teams that value the psychological perspective? Are you looking for flexible working?
We are inviting applications for an 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist. The successful applicant will provide clinical line management to 4wte clinical/counselling psychologists, working in Home Treatment Teams. You will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager for BSMHFT’s Home Treatment Teams (HTTs) & will be professionally line managed by the Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist for Acute & Urgent Care Psychological Services.
You will be a clinical or counselling psychologist who is passionate about working with service users with severe & enduring mental health problems, currently in crisis. You will provide clinical input to one HTT, providing comprehensive psychological assessments and formulations for our service users to help them more fully understand their difficulties. Additionally, you will provide clinical support and guidance to the multidisciplinary teams, via consultancy, formulation development and sharing, along with staff supervision, training & reflective practice.
We are developing psychological services across the acute and urgent care pathway, with the aim of providing a more seamless experience for our service users. We want to support you in your career as a clinical or counselling psychologist, helping you to further develop your clinical and research skills, while also gaining experience of leadership and management. We are part of a wider psychological service across working age adults and have an annual in-house programme of continuing professional development.
We have long-established links with the clinical psychology training programmes in the region and you will be involved in the supervision of trainees from the Birmingham and Coventry/Warwick doctorate courses. We offer placements for undergraduate psychologists to work with us as Honorary Psychology Assistants and you will take a lead role in their management and clinical supervision.
You must have completed a British Psychological Society/Health and Care Professions Council accredited postgraduate training in either clinical or counselling psychology.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Jun 2024
Would you like to work in a service that encourages innovation and service development? If you have ideas that might be translated into a potentially income generating specialist service initiative, we may be looking for each other. Would you like to expand your leadership skills/experience? Would you like to work as part of a friendly psychological service, offering your skills to teams that value the psychological perspective? Are you looking for flexible working?
We are inviting applications for an 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist. The successful applicant will provide clinical line management to 4wte clinical/counselling psychologists, working in Home Treatment Teams. You will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager for BSMHFT’s Home Treatment Teams (HTTs) & will be professionally line managed by the Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist for Acute & Urgent Care Psychological Services.
You will be a clinical or counselling psychologist who is passionate about working with service users with severe & enduring mental health problems, currently in crisis. You will provide clinical input to one HTT, providing comprehensive psychological assessments and formulations for our service users to help them more fully understand their difficulties. Additionally, you will provide clinical support and guidance to the multidisciplinary teams, via consultancy, formulation development and sharing, along with staff supervision, training & reflective practice.
We are developing psychological services across the acute and urgent care pathway, with the aim of providing a more seamless experience for our service users. We want to support you in your career as a clinical or counselling psychologist, helping you to further develop your clinical and research skills, while also gaining experience of leadership and management. We are part of a wider psychological service across working age adults and have an annual in-house programme of continuing professional development.
We have long-established links with the clinical psychology training programmes in the region and you will be involved in the supervision of trainees from the Birmingham and Coventry/Warwick doctorate courses. We offer placements for undergraduate psychologists to work with us as Honorary Psychology Assistants and you will take a lead role in their management and clinical supervision.
You must have completed a British Psychological Society/Health and Care Professions Council accredited postgraduate training in either clinical or counselling psychology.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Jun 2024