Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Tamarind Centre
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
We have a 0.8wte Principal Practitioner Psychologist vacancy across our men's secure services. Reaside and Tamarind are medium-secure units working with men who are experiencing severe mental health problems that have often also had a component or history of violence. We work alongside a number of professionals, providing safe, containing environments and interventions to help people understand themselves, their mental health and offending behaviour.
The psychology team consists of a range of experienced Practitioner Psychologists, Art Therapist, Specialist Psychological Practitioner and Assistant Psychologists. We value ourselves on being 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.
This role will include working across both sites inputting into a clinical team to ensure good psychological treatment is formulation driven and aligned with Divisional and Trust objectives and values. A large focus of the role will also include developing a clear strategy and implementation plan for staff wellbeing within men's services as part of our broader Divisional approach to trauma-informed care.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to liaise with stakeholders, develop and implement a strategy alongside colleagues that is responsive to the professional and interpersonal challenges of working within forensic services with people who have a complex history. You will be supported across both sites in this work with a team of psychologists who are keen to ensure that the experience of working in secure care and offender health is rewarding as much as it is challenging.
There will be opportunities to work across your professional training; considering research, service development, training and evaluation. We are undertaking a number of research and service development projects in a range of contexts. You will be encouraged to continue to add to the evidence base and also consider what innovative practice you can develop, and be supported to write your papers for publication if this is within your interest. Alternatively, we will work with you to find your 'shiny thing' to ensure you develop as you wish in line with service needs.
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 them, we hope that you speak to us and apply.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical psychology (the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996), the completion of which includes the study of models of psychopathology, psychometric and neuropsychological assessment, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists
* Post-doctoral training in one or more highly specialist areas of psychological practice / therapy
Experience
* Assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical/forensic psychologist for a minimum of 4 years post qualification, with a minimum of at least 2 years at the Senior (highly specialist) level.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, with clients of all ages across the lifespan and of wide-ranging presenting problems that reflect the full spectrum of clinical complexity and severity
* Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
* Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to treat' and or 'hard to reach' groups and clients in community settings
* Experience of safeguarding and risk management across several agencies, including appropriately escalating concerns
Skills
* Highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of clinical psychology, consistent with doctoral level professional training and further post qualification study, training and supervised experience during a minimum of 4 years as a qualified psychologist
* Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.
* Awareness and understanding of the differential needs of people from black and minority ethnic groups and of the service issues arising within a multicultural urban area.
* In depth knowledge of information governance legislation and information sharing practices across agencies
Personal
* Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
* Capacity for tolerating frustration, change and high levels of demand with an ability to work effectively under pressure.
* Willing and eligible to apply for higher level security clearance
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
£62,215 to £72,293 a year, pro rata
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