Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 7/8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 7-8a Preceptorship Offered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 284-24-6474507-MHSCC
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Inpatient CAMHS, Parkview Clinic
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £43,742 - £57,349 Pro Rata if Part Time Hours
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/08/2024
Employer heading
Clinical / Forensic Psychologist Preceptorship 7-8a
Band 7/8a
Job overview
Come and join a specialist and highly experienced team of psychologists and assistants working as part of an effective, enthusiastic and dynamic multidisciplinary team in our newly reconfigured Regional Inpatient CAMHS Hospital for young people age 12-17 years old. Parkview is situated between Kings Heath and Moseley, in South Birmingham. We have a Specialist Eating Disorders and general adolescent units. You will work closely with family therapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, medics and nursing teams in a fast paced environment.
We welcome applications from Clinical and Forensic Psychologists. The post could either be appointed as a band 7 preceptorship working towards an 8a position, or at an 8a depending upon skills and experience. Responsibilities will be adjusted accordingly. These skills are nurtured and developed from the moment you join the team, through training and supervision of individual work and service development projects. We are innovative and creative and we are looking for others who would like to join the team.
Please note: Proposed interview date is 13th August
Main duties of the job
Join us and contribute to the development of our trauma-informed, inclusive, recovery focused environment. Deliver post-incident team reflections, reflective practice and supervision and ward learning forums. Deliver evidence based treatment, including DBT, CBT, EMDR, FBT, MFT, NVR, individually, in groups and via staff training. Contribute to evaluation of outcomes with our service users and be part of making ambitious service changes in line with national and regional drivers.
Joining us at an exciting time of change; help us transform culture and deliver recovery focused, skills-based, trauma informed, and psychologically minded care to young people and families to meet the diverse needs of the young people and families we serve. Apply if you can make a difference and help us to find strategic solutions to the challenges in achieving our vision.
We value our professional identity and career progression and training opportunities that develop the 4 pillars of skills; our therapeutic expertise, leadership, education of others and service development. You will benefit from close links within our Psychological Therapies team in our mental health services division.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.
Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Parkview Clinic, Regional Inpatient CAMHS, Forward Thinking Birmingham which is part of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
The post is 0.8wte in inpatient services - onsite working is essential.
There is an opportunity to make this a full-time post working one day a week in our Core Community CAMHS working with children and young adults (0-25).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinical Psychology Doctorate
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors
Knowledge & Nature Of Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children /adolescents
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an inpatient and/or acute health setting
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Facilitating clinical decision making & care planning With multi disciplinary professionals
Desirable criteria
- Ability to assimilate a lot of information in a fast paced, highly emotive environment
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of psychological assessments
- Understanding of specialist psychological literature/ guidelines
- Ability to use IT to prepare reports
- Confidence & experience of using Microsoft systems (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, etc)
- Confidence and experience with using common NHS IT systems e.g. Electronic Patient Record (EPR), Electronic Staff Record (ESR)
Desirable criteria
- Confidence and experience of using digital platforms to aid communication and connection e.g. MS Teams, zoom, AccuRX, Doctor Doctor
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Lisa Walton
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 9955
- Additional information
Please contact us for a conversation about the post. We welcome and recommend visits and would love to meet you and hear about how you would like to work.
The post is for 4 days a week in the Inpatient Service working onsite. There is an option of making the post full time working one day a week in our Core CAMHS (0-25 service). This is a great opportunity to have a split role.
Interview date: 13th August
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