Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist

Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Job summary

WE WOULD WELCOME APPLICATIONS FROM CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS

We have exciting opportunities for experienced Clinical Psychologists looking for a post with potential career progression to join our team of psychologists.

We also welcome applications from psychologists who have spent some time away from the NHS and would like a supported return.

We are looking for creative, innovative and enthusiastic psychologists to deliver clinical services within our neurodevelopmental pathway, Children and Families Division.

Main duties of the job

Providing clinical services citywide, you will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist psychological neurodevelopmental assessments for individuals,





groups and families as well as consultation to other professionals.

You will have opportunities to develop a special interest in other parts of our division.

We are a friendly, city-wide team and you would be expected to travel throughout Birmingham, with occasional out of area visits.

You will be based at one of our community bases across the city (Kings Heath, Spark Hill, Castle Vale or Handsworth). There will be some opportunities to work from home within your working week, in line with the needs of the team.

We will also consider requests for part-time working.

You will be joining an established wider group of friendly, committed and supportive Psychologists, banded from 8C to 7, as well as Assistant Psychologists and a growing number of trainees..

If you would like a further discussion, please contact Dr Hena Syed-Sabir, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, / 07709721355

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham is a vibrant, rich, ethnically diverse city,





with a large population of young people. Join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) where more than 5000 members of staff work across Birmingham and the West Midlands to deliver a wide range of community and specialist healthcare services.

BCHC delivers over a hundred clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. This includes services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation 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.

Our range of healthcare service provision within the C&F; Division also offers 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.

There are good links with the local DClinPsy training courses and the MSCi pathway at Birmingham and Coventry Universities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For information on the main duties of the post,





please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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.
- HCPC Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

- 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 qualifications in research methodology, staff training and / or other fields of applied psychology

Experience







Essential

- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group-based treatment of children, including children with neurodevelopmental differences.
- Experience of 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 liaison work with other professionals and agencies.

Desirable

- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Relevant R&D; or clinical audit work post-qualification







Skills / Knowledge

Essential

- Highly specialist skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, including psychometrics such as ADOS-2 and, or, ADI-R, intervention and management including specialist clinical interviewing, behavioural observation, complex psychometric testing and specialist neuropsychological testing.
- Knowledge of the presentation, assessment of and intervention with people with complex neurodevelopmental and mental health difficulties.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and / or clinically sensitive information to children, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.






- Skills and experience in providing consultation to other professional and non professional groups, across agencies
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of typical and atypical child development including neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD / ASD
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups ( dual diagnoses, children with additional learning disabilities or difficulties etc).
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children

Personal Qualities

Essential

- Self-motivated
- Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example






- Ability to manage under pressure; work to tight deadlines, evidencing excellent time management
- 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.

▶️ Band 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist
🖊️ Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
📍 Birmingham