Employer: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Barberry
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/03/2025 23:59
Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Barberry
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
You are invited to apply for a post as a practitioner psychologist with the National Deaf Mental Health Service. The post-holder will work as an integrated member of the MDT, providing specialist psychological assessment and intervention across in-patient and out-patient settings. The post-holder will also be involved in service development initiatives, with opportunities for teaching and training across the region.
Within the MDT, you will join a friendly and supportive psychology team that offers excellent opportunities for research, personal development, and special interests. As a national specialist service, we support networking, exchange of good practice, and peer support amongst psychologists and other professionals across the country. The post-holder will work closely with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist. We have good links with local universities and are keen to encourage research.
BSMHT is a large and well-established provider of adult and older adult mental health services, offering comprehensive local provision to the culturally and socially diverse population of Birmingham and Solihull and a portfolio of specialist regional mental health services to communities across the West Midlands and beyond.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide culturally affirming, evidence-based psychological input for deaf clients, their families, and other carers, undertaking highly specialist psychological assessments and providing adapted individual and group-based psychological therapy and intervention, appropriate to individual needs.
2. Support the dissemination of effective evidence-informed psychological practice within the service by developing psychologically informed protocols, guidelines, and procedures that can be incorporated into routine team/ward practice.
3. Plan, organise, and provide teaching/training sessions/programmes in psychological principles and practice for other members of the MDT and professionals in outside agencies.
4. Provide supervision and ‘liaison-consultation’ services to enable and support client-related work undertaken by other members of the MDT and other services working with our clients across the region.
5. Manage, supervise and support the clinical work of trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, and other associated graduate psychologist roles attached to the psychology service as appropriate.
6. Exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the team, undertaking governance, audit and clinical administrative activities, writing and presenting reports, and undertaking project development and implementation as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
* Experience of working with deaf people with mental health difficulties
* Awareness of deaf culture and language
Qualifications
* Qualified status as a practitioner psychologist
* Additional qualification in one or more psychotherapeutic interventions
Skills
* Ability to adapt psychological intervention for different client groups
* Ability to adapt communication style according to needs of the situation
The Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.
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.
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