Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: The Greenfields
Town: Kings Norton
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 20/12/2024
Band 8b Highly Specialist Psychologist
Job Overview
As a result of maternity leave, applications are invited for a Band 8b Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist 12 month fixed term/secondment position in the Birmingham-wide specialist community service for adults with learning disabilities. We are looking for an innovative, compassionate and enthusiastic Applied Psychologist to lead on the provision of Psychology services within our Intensive Support Team (IST). The IST enhances the care offered by our multidisciplinary Community teams located across Birmingham. The Team adopts an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach providing specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for people with learning disabilities presenting with complex health needs. The focus is to provide short term interventions, prevent hospital admission, prevent escalation of risk behaviours and to offer support during times of crisis. The post holder will be based at one of our learning disability bases at The Greenfields, Kings Norton.
If you would be keen to work in innovative and creative ways to maximise the quality of life of some of the most vulnerable members of our community, whilst reducing the risk of trauma associated with hospital admission, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Main Duties of the Job
1. As a senior psychologist, you will work closely alongside psychology leads who work within Community and Forensic services, to shape the future delivery of psychological services.
2. Work with a small caseload of clients with complex mental and/or physical health needs.
3. Provide assessment, formulation and intervention regarding trauma informed, positive behaviour support.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* Post graduate Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Post-doctoral qualification, training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
* Training in the supervision of doctoral level trainee psychologists.
* Training and/or qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
* HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
Experience
* Assessed significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a specialist level with complex behavioural, physical health or mental health issues.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment.
* Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
* Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
* Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
* Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
Skills/Knowledge
* Doctorate level knowledge of Clinical Psychology.
* Highly specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
* Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
* Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology.
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
* Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies.
* Self-motivated and resilient.
* Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook.
* Able to work independently or as part of a team.
* Evidence of strong leadership skills.
Other Job Requirements
* Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations.
* Ability to identify, and employ, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice.
* Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations.
* Ability to reach scheduled appointments across the city in a timely fashion.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible.
Benefits of Working for Us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
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