Band 7/8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
5 days ago
Main area: Psychological Services Grade: Band 7/8a Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time, Compressed hours (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 436-6992714
Site: Small Heath Health Centre, Town: Birmingham
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata. Salary period: Yearly. Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overviewWe are looking for a suitably experienced Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, (eligibility for entry onto the HCPC Register of Practitioner Psychologists). This post can either be offered at a Band 8a or a Band 7-8a Preceptorship arrangement depending on experience. Applications from final year trainees in a Preceptorship arrangement are welcome.
We are pleased to create an opportunity for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work across our Community DBT (CASCADE) Service and East Hub CMHT Psychological Service. We are looking for a psychologist who is highly motivated to work with presentations encompassing risk, personality difficulties, complex trauma, mental health, and social inequalities. This is an ideal post to apply your full range of psychological skills and knowledge including consultation, training, supervision, service development, leadership, and research in addition to direct clinical work.
Main duties of the jobCASCADE is an all-ages DBT-plus service (14+) based at Thomas Telford House in Erdington, delivering comprehensive, adapted, and DBT-informed therapies to treat core difficulties associated with severe emotional dysregulation, complex PTSD, and other co-occurring presentations. It is desirable for a candidate to be DBT trained; however, we can offer DBT training as part of a development plan.
East Hub CMHT Psychological Service is based at Small Heath Health Centre and provides psychological input to service users under Riverside CMHT and Small Heath CMHT. The site is easily accessible by public transport and there is also a large trust car park.
Working for our organisationWelcome 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.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to ensure 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesFor further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person specificationTraining/qualifications- Satisfactory completion of a Health and Care Professions Council/British Psychological Society accredited doctorate professional training course in either clinical or counselling psychology. Also qualify for registration for Health and Care Professions Council as a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
- Pre-qualification training or additional qualifications in an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy: including DBT, MBT, brief psychodynamic interventions, CAT, EMDR.
- Significant post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group-based treatment of clients with complex difficulties across adult secondary or tertiary care settings. (for 8a post)
- Experience working in Adult Secondary or Tertiary Mental Health services (for Preceptorship)
- Experience of working with service users with personality difficulties/complex trauma/dissociation/psychosis
- Skills in formulation of problems from a psychological perspective and implementation of interventions appropriate for use with complex presenting problems.
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Ability to interact with and to build and sustain relationships with people with mental health difficulties.
- Experience of working closely with others in an MDT setting.
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your second week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process, we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.
Please note - if you are applying for a role within the Prison service, due to Police Vetting requirements you must have been a UK resident for the last years.
Employer certification / accreditation badgesYou must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Dr Nazreen Akhtar, Job title: Principal Counselling Psychologist, Email address: nazreen.akhtar@nhs.net, Telephone number: 0121 301 7200
We encourage you to contact us with any questions and to arrange a visit to look at the facilities.
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