Job overview

Are you seeking the opportunity to develop your leadership and consultation skills? Do you enjoy being part of a team? If so, we invite you to apply for this Principal Practitioner Psychologist post in our Steps to Recovery rehabilitation services. 

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has seven Steps to Recovery units and an Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team, offering a range of mental health rehabilitation services. This post is based in a new Out of Trust placement team, which is being established to reduce the number of service users with complex psychosis in rehabilitation placements with independent providers.

The post holder will contribute to the work of the new team, building collaborative relationships with staff members and service users to support recovery and a return to local Trust services. They will also be warmly welcomed into a well-established and supportive group of psychological practitioners working across Steps to Recovery and Assertive Outreach Services. 

Individuals at Band 8b or with suitable experience and eligible for this banding will be considered.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have opportunities to develop skills in team-based working, consultation, and shared formulation to help service users achieve their rehabilitation goals. They will review the psychological needs of people in independent placements, addressing barriers to recovery and facilitating transfers of care. The post holder will also be involved in service and pathway development and in evaluation of the Out of Trust team.

Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and with clients from culturally and socially diverse communities who have range of mental health needs is desirable, as is the motivation to support positive risk taking so service users can lead as autonomous and valued a life as possible. We also support multidisciplinary colleagues to build knowledge and skills by delivering a programme of training, supervision, and reflective practice, to which the post holder would contribute. 

Our psychological service has a reputation for clinical excellence and innovation in rehabilitation and we are actively involved in service development, evaluation, and research. We have access to a comprehensive CPD programme and external training and provide strong professional supervision.

If you share our recovery-focused commitment to keep service users at the heart of what we do and would like to develop your clinical and leadership skills, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us for further information about the post or to arrange an informal visit.

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.