Band 8a Clinical Psychologist - Queen Elizabeth Hospital/PDU
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?
Do you enjoy thinking on your feet and making psychological interventions speedily accessible, rather than being burdened by waiting lists that can exceed a year?
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.
This is a new post that is based in the Liaison Psychiatry Service at Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Psychiatric Decisions Unit (PDU), at the nearby Oleaster Centre.
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;
- Provide Reflective practice and case formulation to the wider MDT
- Providing audit and service evaluation;
- You will represent the service both nationally and internationally in our collaborative work as appropriate.
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.
You will be working closely with doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to provide high quality care, and you will need strong skills in consultation, supervision and teaching. You will also need to be able to deliver psychological assessment, interventions and teaching in a variety of formats
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.
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
Essential criteria- 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
Essential criteria- 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
Essential criteria- 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, including primary and secondary/ specialist care and inpatient/residential, outpatient and community team 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
Essential criteria- 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.
- Personal experience of physical and/or mental health problems.
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 Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
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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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.