Band 4 Assistant Psychologist

2 weeks ago


Erdington, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust

ACUTE AND URGENT CARE SERVICES - Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).

Assistant Psychologist, Band 4, full time, 12 month fixed term contract

Job overview

Do you enjoy working with clients presenting in acute crisis using the least restrictive practice?


Do you enjoy responding to need as it arises and making psychological intervention accessible? Rather than being burdened by waiting lists.

Do you enjoy working as part of a MDT?

Would you like a job that offers flexible working?

Would you like to be part a service that offers opportunity for innovation and development?

You would be part of the wider Acute Psychology Service. Psychologists are strongly placed to lead on service development and delivery across all elements of the care pathway.

We have an established track record in service innovation and support a diverse range of clinical and academic interests with strong links to university programmes.

There is an internal CPD programme that you would also have access to

Main duties of the job


The CRHTTs offer crisis assessment, crisis intervention and brief therapeutic interventions to service users experiencing a significant crisis in their mental health and psychological well being.

The CRHTT teams receive a wide breadth of referrals which provides opportunities to work with and a variety of presentations using different therapeutic approaches.


The role of the assistant Psychologist in the CRHTTs includes:
providing and encouraging the use of psychological formulations to inform overall care planning

offering brief psychological interventions to service users

developing the psychological skill set of the multidisciplinary team through provision of training / teaching /consultation

liaising with other teams / services to support discharge plans / onward referrals.

Service development and evaluation / audit

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