Senior Mental Health Specialist

1 month ago


Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Mental Health Specialist to join our team at Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working in Cancer Services and will be responsible for providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy to clients with complex conditions.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within our dynamic Physical Health Psychology Service, which aims to assist people in adapting to and developing creative solutions for living with physical health problems. Our service operates across three geographical areas, with multiple contracts in each area.

BCHFT is committed to investing in our Psychology staff, offering access to a psychology-specific dedicated CPD budget to support your professional growth. As a Senior Mental Health Specialist, you will be responsible for:

  • Providing highly specialist psychological assessments and risk management for individual clients.
  • Negotiating the implementation of treatment plans with clients and their carers.
  • Implementing a range of highly specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families, and groups.
Main Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role include:

  • Undertaking highly skilled evaluations and making decisions about treatment options.
  • Recognising potential signs of client harm, abuse, or neglect, and reporting concerns while taking steps to protect the client.
  • Providing highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult-to-treat groups, including dual diagnoses, additional disabilities, or severely challenging behaviour.
About Us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Our services include adult and older adult mental health services, specialist learning disability services, mental health services for children and young people, and community healthcare services for children, young people, and families.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and experience:

  • Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS.
  • HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status.
  • Registration with BPS.
  • Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees.

We offer a competitive salary of £53,755.00-£60,504.00 per year, along with additional benefits such as flexible working arrangements, cycle to work scheme, discounted or free food, employee discount, and gym membership. This role is suitable for part-time, permanent employment with 25.5 hours per week expected. If you are a motivated and experienced mental health professional looking for a new challenge, please apply for this exciting opportunity.



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