Band 8b Principal Psychologist - CRHTTNHS
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity in our CAMHS Urgent Care Team for a Principal Clinical/Forensic Psychologist with experience and a passion for working with young people under the age of 18. We are enhancing our provision by strengthening the psychological leadership in the CAMHS Urgent Care Team. It is a great time to join the team as we are looking at new models of care and how to improve our provision of 'helpful help' to the children and young people of Birmingham. 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 job
You will join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team who are excited about welcoming a new Principal Psychologist into the service. Duties will include providing specialist psychological assessment, comprehensive risk assessment and brief therapeutic interventions for clients and families, offering advice, consultation, training and supervision on clients' psychological care to colleagues and other professionals, and playing an active role as part of the multidisciplinary leadership team. We have an established track record in service innovation supporting a diverse range of clinical and academic interests, with time for research and teaching related activities built into our psychological professions job plans. We are committed to your development through training and supervision. As a service are committed to providing recovery-promoting, autism-accepting and trauma-informed services, drawing on the creativity of our talented and experienced staff, together with the lived experience of our experts by experience. We are continuously learning and evolving, as we work together to meet the mental health needs of our multi-cultural city.
Job description
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.
About us
Welcome 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. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure 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.