Senior Applied Psychologist

Senior Applied Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist 1.0WTE:

Urgent Care - Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) - Pan Trust (Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley)

An opportunity has arisen for Senior Applied Psychologists to join the CRHTT in BCHFT. Applicants to any of these locations are welcome and working hour options can be negotiated, however pan-trust cross locality work may be required based on clinical need.

You will join fast paced MDT environments to work in the least restrictive way to support service users presenting with acute and urgent care mental health needs. Psychology has been well embedded into the foundations of the CRHTT and as the Psychologist, you will exercise your leadership skills in psychological assessments, formulation, care planning and brief psychological interventions.

We have strong links with local universities across the clinical, forensic and counselling courses.

The successful candidate will be part of a group of Psychologists in Urgent Care who are based across acute settings including an established Principal Psychologist in Wolverhampton CRHTT and pan trust in-patients, mental health liaison services and PICU. The successful candidate will be supported with supervision and opportunities for CPD.

Main duties of the job

You will support the Principal Psychologist for CRHTT and the Consultant Psychologist for Urgent care in the delivery of psychology in CRHTT. Based in the CRHTT, you will join a team of multidisciplinary professionals in working with people experiencing a mental health crisis. With the 2 main aims of preventing hospital admission and facilitating early discharge you will offer assessments, formulation, care planning and short term interventions to clients with high levels of risk. Psychology also supports team members through regular reflective practice groups and supervision and this is highly valued by our MDT colleagues.

We are looking for someone who can work flexibly and creatively as a member of a multidisciplinary team who enjoys working in a fast paced environment . Pan trust cross locality working will be expected to support psychological input into the CRHTT's.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified psychological practitioners who are keen to gain experience in urgent care settings and can support with band 7-8a developmental opportunities where appropriate.

Person specification

essential

Essential

• Essential criteria Maximum score 8 Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice HCPC registration as An Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees Evidence of continuing professional development Working as a qualified applied psychologist within a Mental Health service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings Knowledge of evidence based practice relevant to the role of working with people's complex mental health difficulties Risk assessment and risk management

Desirable

• Registration with BPS

About the employer

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

We currently employ over 3,500 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. We know that our Trust runs on the desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.

We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.