Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Applied Psychologist to join the Black Country Adult Inpatient Service. We have a post available at Bushey Fields Hospital (Dudley).
As an Applied Psychologist, you will join a team of inpatient psychologists led by a Principal Psychologist and Consultant Psychologist, supported by assistant psychologists. You will be part of the wider Urgent Care Psychology Team.
You will be expected to carry out and develop your skills in an inpatient environment in psychological risk assessments, formulation, care planning, and brief psychological interventions. You will also have opportunities to work with the Consultant Psychologist on service development and research in the urgent care areas.
The successful candidate will be part of a group of urgent care Psychologists based across acute settings including CRHTT, acute in-patients, mental health liaison services, and PICU. You will receive supervision and opportunities for CPD. BCHFT is committed to investing in our Psychology staff, so you will have access to a psychology-specific dedicated CPD budget to support your professional growth.
Main duties of the job
Support the Principal Psychologist, Consultant Psychologist, and the MDT in delivering specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and interventions to clients with complex mental health conditions, which may include challenging behaviours. Provide psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other staff in the MDT.
There will also be opportunities for the development of leadership skills through training and development of staff, reflective practice, service developments, project work, and supervision of assistant and trainee psychologists and non-psychology staff.
About us
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
We currently employ over 3,500 people and, like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Working in an NHS Foundation Trust is a demanding and rewarding experience. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues, to achieve the best possible work/life balance.
We offer supportive, inclusive, family-friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best and find support if needed. To find out more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.
Job responsibilities
The post would suit a clinical, counselling, or forensic psychologist.
Ideally, you will have experience working in mental health services as a psychologist, with people with complex mental health difficulties. You will demonstrate a willingness to learn and engage empathically with clients, colleagues, and services.
The post holder will work as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team in Acute adult mental health inpatient services, supporting service users in their care and recovery.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS, including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
* HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist.
* Trained in supervision and the supervision of other psychologists or trainee psychologists.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Experience
* Working as a qualified applied psychologist within a service, including a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across various care settings.
* Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care within the context of a multidisciplinary team.
* Teaching, training, consultancy, and clinical supervision.
* Research and development.
* Quality and service improvement and evaluation.
Knowledge
* Evidence-based practice relevant to working with adults and young people's complex mental health difficulties.
* Risk assessment and risk management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and 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.
Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
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