Band 7/8a Clinical Psychologist Preceptorship

We have an exciting opportunity for either newly or recently qualified Band 7 Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists looking for a post with potential career progression to join our team under a Preceptorship development programme. We would also welcome applications from Band 8a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists. Based on relevant experience, these posts can be offered at a Band 8a or Band 7 Preceptorship arrangement.

We are looking for creative, innovative and enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist to deliver clinical services within our Intensive Support Team in the Learning Disabilities Division.

We are a city-wide team and you would be expected to travel throughout Birmingham, with occasional out of area visits. You will be based at The Greenfields in Kings Norton. There may be opportunities to work from home within your working week, in line with the needs of the team. We will also consider requests for part-time working.

• Collaborate closely with the MDT to fulfil the requirements of service users who require extensive care and are at high risk.
• Participate in referrals involving significant levels of distress in the system.
• You would use your therapeutic skills to help the system indirectly, via consultation and training staff teams. There are also possibilities to work directly with individuals, groups, and families, as needed.
• IST is a trauma-informed service, and this approach is embedded in both therapeutic practice and staff team training. The IST lead psychologist is a certified Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) practitioner. The post promotes a range of approaches, including formal risk assessment, relational techniques, PBS, CBT, and systemic. You would have the freedom and flexibility to work creatively and flexibly. The IST team values professional diversity and interprofessional learning, and their fortnightly meetings provide opportunity to share best practice, such as updates on quality improvement projects or small-scale service-related research. There are also chances to assist with the creation and supervision of reflective practice groups for nursing colleagues.

Psychologists working in IST assist with duty and crisis response processes. The MDT shares these responsibilities, and visits, like all other areas of the job, are conducted in pairs to ensure staff safety. These positions will fall inside your 9-5 hours, and any overtime will be reimbursed

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with Learning Disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Tanya Pearson Job title: IST Clinical Psychologist Telephone number: 0121 466 3900