Band 7/8a Preceptorship Clinical Psychologist - Older People Services
Band 7/8a
Main area: Psychology Older People
Grade: Band 7/8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
Job ref: 436-7059043
Site: Juniper Centre, Moseley; Reservoir Court, Erdington; Town: Birmingham
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 07/04/2025
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
DEMENTIA AND FRAILTY (Older People’s Mental Health)
We are seeking newly qualified and experienced Applied Psychologists to join our Psychology team within the Dementia and Frailty Division at BSMHFT, providing mental health services to older people with complex mental health in Birmingham and Solihull.
Newly qualified Clinical, Counselling or Forensic/Clinical Psychologists, or those expecting to qualify in 2025, are encouraged to apply as posts could be offered as a Preceptorship. We offer a tailored programme of Continued Professional Development (CPD) and other developmental opportunities to support your progression and career development.
We have posts available within our inpatient and community mental health teams, which can be offered full-time or part-time, offering flexibility in working hours and the focus of work.
Main duties of the job
Working with older people is highly rewarding, and allows Applied Psychologists to use their diverse knowledge, skills, and leadership. In both CMHT and inpatient services, you will be assessing, formulating, and delivering interventions to older people often with complex mental health needs and/or neurocognitive conditions such as dementia, stroke, or Parkinson’s Disease. There are opportunities for cognitive assessment and neuropsychological assessment, under the supervision of a Clinical Psychologist. You will attend Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings, contributing to person-centred care planning, whilst promoting psychological ways of thinking. Audit, service evaluation, and Quality Improvement projects are strongly encouraged, and BSMHFT offers good training to develop your skills in this area. There are opportunities for supervising Assistant Psychologists, student psychologists from the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City University, Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAP) and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWP), as well as Trainees from the University of Birmingham’s Clinical Psychology Doctorate programme. There are opportunities to develop and deliver CPD training sessions to staff and teams, as well as staff support, e.g., reflective practice.
Person specification
* Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology (or anticipates will receive award in 2025)
* HCPC Registration as Practitioner Psychologist
* Further qualifications related to role, e.g., BABCP accreditation, Neuropsychology
Clinical Skills
* Psychological assessment and therapy with severe mental health problems
* Psychological assessment, formulation, and intervention with people living with dementia
* Post-qualification experience and skills in assessment and therapy
Knowledge
* Knowledge of ageing and how ageing impacts mental health
* Knowledge of wider, systemic factors that affect older people, e.g., Social Graces, services for older people
* Post-qualification CPD in ageing and mental health, or neuropsychological assessment, or an activity relating to older people
* Experience of leadership roles e.g., supervision or service improvement
* Experience of MDT meetings and knowledge of psychological input into the MDT
* CPD in provision of supervision or service improvement
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. 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. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Name: Stephanie Howarth
Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address: stephanie.howarth1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0121 301 0942
We welcome you to contact us for informal conversations about the posts. For further information contact:
Stephanie Howarth, Principal Clinical Psychologist (Inpatients) at stephanie.howarth1@nhs.net
or
Maria Mato, Principal Clinical Psychologist (CMHT) at m.mato@nhs.net
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