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Job overview

Would you like to work in a service that encourages innovation and service development? If you have ideas that might be translated into a potentially income generating specialist service initiative, we may be looking for each other. Would you like to expand your leadership skills/experience? Would you like to work as part of a friendly psychological service, offering your skills to teams that value the psychological perspective? Are you looking for flexible working?

We are inviting applications for an 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist. The successful applicant will provide clinical line management to 4wte clinical/counselling psychologists, working in Home Treatment Teams. You will work closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager for BSMHFT’s Home Treatment Teams (HTTs) & will be professionally line managed by the Consultant Lead Clinical Psychologist for Acute & Urgent Care Psychological Services.

You will be a clinical or counselling psychologist who is passionate about working with service users with severe & enduring mental health problems, currently in crisis. You will provide clinical input to one HTT, providing comprehensive psychological assessments and formulations for our service users to help them more fully understand their difficulties. Additionally, you will provide clinical support and guidance to the multidisciplinary teams, via consultancy, formulation development and sharing, along with staff supervision, training & reflective practice.

Main duties of the job

We are developing psychological services across the acute and urgent care pathway, with the aim of providing a more seamless experience for our service users. We want to support you in your career as a clinical or counselling psychologist, helping you to further develop your clinical and research skills, while also gaining experience of leadership and management. We are part of a wider psychological service across working age adults and have an annual in-house programme of continuing professional development.

We have long-established links with the clinical psychology training programmes in the region and you will be involved in the supervision of trainees from the Birmingham and Coventry/Warwick doctorate courses. We offer placements for undergraduate psychologists to work with us as Honorary Psychology Assistants and you will take a lead role in their management and clinical supervision.

You must have completed a British Psychological Society/Health and Care Professions Council accredited postgraduate training in either clinical or counselling psychology.

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.

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.

Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.

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 first 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.

If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The subscription will cost you £13 a year but the Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 1. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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