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Band 7/8A Practitioner Psychologist Preceptorship - Reaside Clinic
| Posting date: | 13 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B45 9BE |
| Company: | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7198721/436-7198721 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
7/8a Practitioner Psychologists(Forensic/Counselling/ Clinical) with Preceptorship
We have vacancies for permanent roles within our team. We are looking for someone who aligns with our values as a team and can also challenge us with compassion to be better.
Within the team, we have a range of experienced staff including Practitioner Psychologists, an Art Therapist, Specialist Psychological Practitioner and Assistant Psychologists. We also support the development of trainee psychological practitioners, who bring with them innovation, ideas and invitations to improve our work. We are down to earth, authentic and open in our communication, bringing in the diverse experiences we hold within the team across gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, amongst other characteristics. Those who have worked here have loved it and others have even returned!
The Practitioner Psychologist vacancy at Reaside Clinic (male medium-secure unit) and Hillis Lodge (male low secure unit) involves working alongside a range of professionals, providing safe, containing and connected psychological advice, care and therapy to help people understand themselves, their mental health and offending behaviour. Part of your role will be to work alongside staff to ensure the service user has the most effective, efficient and relationally connected and contained experience. We value and promote an ethos of service user involvement and co-production and are part of the National Culture of Care Programme.
The Practitioner Psychologist role is broad, and we advocate for you to maintain all aspects of your professional role, including service development, research, therapeutic excellence, and leadership as appropriate. You will be encouraged to find your ‘shiny thing’ to help you feel valued, and to promote the creativity and development of the team whilst contributing to the evidence base. We are looking for Registered Practitioner Psychologists who are interested in working in secure environments with highly sensitive content. Whilst secure experience will be highly desirable, we encourage a breadth of experience to help bring new thinking to our services as the culture evolves.
If you are ready for the next stage of your career progression, and able to compassionately challenge systems and staff to be better, hold integrity and also connect with the people around you, we hope you apply. The team at Reaside Clinic and Hillis Lodge will make you feel welcome, connected and push you to excel in ways that you can envision and beyond, so that alongside service users we are proud of what we do.
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 Wednesday 4 Jun 2025
7/8a Practitioner Psychologists(Forensic/Counselling/ Clinical) with Preceptorship
We have vacancies for permanent roles within our team. We are looking for someone who aligns with our values as a team and can also challenge us with compassion to be better.
Within the team, we have a range of experienced staff including Practitioner Psychologists, an Art Therapist, Specialist Psychological Practitioner and Assistant Psychologists. We also support the development of trainee psychological practitioners, who bring with them innovation, ideas and invitations to improve our work. We are down to earth, authentic and open in our communication, bringing in the diverse experiences we hold within the team across gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, amongst other characteristics. Those who have worked here have loved it and others have even returned!
The Practitioner Psychologist vacancy at Reaside Clinic (male medium-secure unit) and Hillis Lodge (male low secure unit) involves working alongside a range of professionals, providing safe, containing and connected psychological advice, care and therapy to help people understand themselves, their mental health and offending behaviour. Part of your role will be to work alongside staff to ensure the service user has the most effective, efficient and relationally connected and contained experience. We value and promote an ethos of service user involvement and co-production and are part of the National Culture of Care Programme.
The Practitioner Psychologist role is broad, and we advocate for you to maintain all aspects of your professional role, including service development, research, therapeutic excellence, and leadership as appropriate. You will be encouraged to find your ‘shiny thing’ to help you feel valued, and to promote the creativity and development of the team whilst contributing to the evidence base. We are looking for Registered Practitioner Psychologists who are interested in working in secure environments with highly sensitive content. Whilst secure experience will be highly desirable, we encourage a breadth of experience to help bring new thinking to our services as the culture evolves.
If you are ready for the next stage of your career progression, and able to compassionately challenge systems and staff to be better, hold integrity and also connect with the people around you, we hope you apply. The team at Reaside Clinic and Hillis Lodge will make you feel welcome, connected and push you to excel in ways that you can envision and beyond, so that alongside service users we are proud of what we do.
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 Wednesday 4 Jun 2025