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About
We provide high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in peoples homes and in over 200 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services.
Band 8b Highly Specialist Psychologist
Accepting applications until: 05-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- The Greenfields
- Cyfeiriad
- 30 Brookfield Road
- Tref
- Kings Norton
- Cod post
- B30 3QY
- Major / Minor Region
- Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Oriau
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Cyflog
- £58,972 - £68,525 Per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 8b)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- The Intensive Support Team
Trosolwg o'r swydd
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.
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· 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.
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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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Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
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.
Please see job description
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
Benefits of working for us:
- Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
- Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
- Discounts for local and national retailers
- Dedicated well-being services for all employees
- Flexible working where possible
Applicant requirements
You 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.
Person specification
Qualifications/training
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts
Skills/knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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 (e.g. Learning disabilities, personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
Meini prawf dymunol
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies.
Personal qualities
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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
Meini prawf dymunol
- 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
Meini prawf hanfodol
- 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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Clare Green
- Teitl y swydd
- Service Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01214663900
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