Band 8a Clinical Psychologist - Queen Elizabeth Hospital/PDU

Band 8a Clinical Psychologist - Queen Elizabeth Hospital/PDU Band 8a

Main area: Clinical Psychologist
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 959-A

Site: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/03/:59

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job overview

Do you crave a career in the intellectually stimulating, dynamic context of an urgent care setting, using least restrictive practices to work with clients who may be affected by both physical and mental health difficulties? We provide time and funding for service related CPD, e.g., EMDR and other trauma focused therapeutic approaches. We invite your application for the role of Practitioner Psychologist in the Psychiatric Liaison Team and Psychiatric Decisions Unit.

This post represents an exciting opportunity for a qualified clinical or counselling psychologist who would like to develop expertise and experience in an acute hospital service setting. The successful applicant will be part of a dynamic and supportive Acute and Urgent Care Psychological Service within the Trust. The aim of the post is to support and enhance the care of service users, providing highly specialist psychological screening, assessment, and brief interventions.

Although the post is full time, applications for part time and flexible working are also encouraged.

Main duties of the job

Tasks include:

• Offering assessment and psychological treatment for patients;
• Supporting department staff in offering basic psychological support in their routine clinical practice;
• Providing audit and service evaluation;
• Representing the service both nationally and internationally in our collaborative work as appropriate.

You will need to demonstrate a highly developed understanding of the psychological impact of compromised physical health and be able to adapt your psychological interventions accordingly. Experience in working in a physical health setting is desirable, but not essential. You need to have experience of working across the lifespan with individuals and families, and have experience of working across systems and with different professional specialties. You should have experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification Training and Qualifications

• Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical or counselling psychology.
• Eligibility for entry onto the British Psychological Society Register of Chartered Psychologists (or Statement of Equivalence).
• Current registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with HCPC.
• Further training/qualifications in physical health related disciplines.

Knowledge and Skills

• 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 minority groups and of the service issues arising within a multicultural urban area.
• Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
• Highly developed knowledge and skills in working with those presenting in crisis.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group based treatment of clients across the full range of care settings.
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
• Experience of working therapeutically with 'difficult to treat' clients.
• Experience of working therapeutically with physical health difficulties.

Personal

• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism, and to reflect on and manage own emotions and those of others, when faced by highly distressing material, problems and circumstances.
• Ability to work with a range of team members in the delivery of team and organisational objectives.
• Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull.

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.