Band 8b Highly Specialist Psychologist

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT Full time

Job summary

As a result of maternity leave, applications are invited for a Band 8b Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist 12 month fixed term/secondment position in the Birmingham-wide specialist community service for adults with learning disabilities. We are looking for an innovative, compassionate and enthusiastic Applied Psychologist to lead on the provision of Psychology services within our Intensive Support Team (IST). The IST enhances the care offered by our multidisciplinary Community teams located across Birmingham. The Team adopts an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach providing specialist assessment, formulation and intervention for people with learning disabilities presenting with complex health needs. The focus is to provide short term interventions, prevent hospital admission, prevent escalation of risk behaviours and to offer support during times of crisis. The post holder will be based at one of our learning disability bases at The Greenfields, Kings Norton. .

If you would be keen to work in innovative and creative ways to maximise the quality of life of some of the most vulnerable members of our community, whilst reducing the risk of trauma associated with hospital admission, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a senior psychologist, you will work closely alongside psychology leads who work within Community and Forensic services, to shape the future delivery of psychological services.

Work with a small caseload of clients with complex mental and/ or physical health needs.

Provide assessment, formulation and intervention regarding trauma informed, positive behaviour support.

About us

Working for your organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with Learning Disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

Our specialist healthcare service for people with Learning Disabilities also offers a wide and diverse range of experiences for the post holder, such as opportunities to develop clinical leadership skills and be involved with clinical projects and pathway development. The Psychology Service offers support and close links with other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events and team meetings.

Pleasesee job description

Person Specification

Qualifications/training

Essential

Post graduate Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology. Post-doctoral qualification, training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Training in the supervision of doctoral level trainee psychologists. Training and/or qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Experience

Essential

Assessed significant experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist at a specialist level with complex behavioural, physical health or mental health issues such as acute self-injurious behaviours Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings including outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment and also working within the context of a multidisciplinary team. Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings. Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision. Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.

Desirable

Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Skills/knowledge

Essential

Doctorate level knowledge of Clinical Psychology. Highly specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management including specialist clinical interviewing, behavioural observation, complex psychometric testing and specialist neuropsychological testing Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non professional groups. Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology. Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group. Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS Formal training in supervision of other psychologists. Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups ( Learning disabilities, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).

Desirable

Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.

Personal qualities

Essential

Self-motivated and resilient Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example Keen to develop services in line with service, educational and research priorities with the service. Able to work independently or as part of a team

Desirable

Evidence of strong leadership skills, the ability to negotiate, persuade and influence at a senior level with a supportive style whilst also able to take difficult decisions and act assertively Keen to develop services in line with service, educational and research priorities with the service.

Other job requirements

Essential

Ability to identify, provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours. Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour. Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings. Ability to reach scheduled appointments across the city in a timely fashion. Ability to travel independently Trustwide

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