Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Reaside Clinic

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) invite applications specifically for permanent roles at Reaside Clinic, Rubery, Birmingham - a 92 bedded, medium secure inpatient service for adult males, who are experiencing severe mental health problems that have often also had a component or history of violence.

We are seeking enthusiastic, innovative and resilient professionals to join our expanding Secure Care and Offender Health Services (SCOH)

This role will include inputting into a multi-disciplinary clinical team to ensure good psychological treatment is formulation driven and aligned with Divisional and Trust objectives and values. You will deliver clinical interventions and offer a specialist psychological view of service user recovery. A large focus of the role will also include contributing to the delivery of the Divisional Psychological Therapies strategy. Your role will be to liaise with stakeholders, develop and implement a strategy alongside colleagues that is responsive to the professional and interpersonal challenges of working within forensic services with people who have a complex history. You will be supported in your work by a team of psychologists who are keen to ensure that the experience of working in secure care and offender health is rewarding, as much as it is challenging.

The role also encompasses opportunities for research, service development, training and evaluation. There will be an expectation of line management and supervisory responsibilities with this role. We will also work with you to find your ‘shiny thing’ to ensure you develop in line with service needs.

We are looking for enthusiastic, robust, resilient, creative, and innovative practitioners interested in working with people who have complex presentations, encompassing risk, personality difficulties and mental health. The service has identified resources supporting continuing professional development, including excellent multi-model supervision structures.

Whilst secure experience is preferred, we encourage a breadth of experience to help bring new thinking to our services as the culture evolves. If you are ready for the next stage of your career progression, and able to compassionately challenge systems and staff to be better, hold integrity and also connect with the people around them, we hope that you speak to us and apply.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Victoria Wilkes Job title: Consultant Forensic Psychologist Email address: victoria.wilkes@nhs.net Telephone number: 0121 301 3111

For Enquiries, Please Contact

Dr Victoria Wilkes, Consultant Forensic Psychologist, Lead Psychologist for Reaside Clinic on 0121 301 3111 or Victoria.wilkes@nhs.net

Successful applicants are subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services and Pre-Employment checks.