Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 months (Nov 2025 - with potential for a short extension)
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-7065583-COR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Priestley Wharf plus other LD Sites
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 (per annum)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Clinical Psychology Assistant Practitioner
Band 5
Job overview
Clinical Psychology Assistant Practitioner or other suitable clinician
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) is looking for a Clinical Psychology Assistant Practitioner or clinical researcher from another discipline e.g. nursing or therapy with a psychology degree or research experience to contribute to the growth and development of research. The successful post holder will contribute towards the Trauma Aid study within the Learning Disability service. Research experience is desirable but not essential, however guidance will be provided by the study lead and clinical team. Activities will include supporting recruitment, updating the research database and liaising with clinical colleagues at partner sites across the UK. The successful applicant will be required to support other sites across the West Midlands.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties
1. To undertake protocol based psychological assessments of clients applying psychological,
including neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct structured
observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others
involved in the client’s care.
2. To assist in the formulation and delivery of care plans involving the psychological
treatment and/or management of a client’s problems, under the supervision of a qualified
professional psychologist, in both community and in-patient/residential settings.
3. To assist in the coordination and running of therapeutic groups.
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4. To work with other staff to assess inpatients, day patients or residents and review their
care in preparation for multi-disciplinary reviews.
5. To assist in the development of a psychologically based framework of understanding and
care to the benefit of all clients of the service, across all settings where care takes place.
6. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings.
7. To communicate complex and sensitive information, including condition related
information to clients, relatives and care staff, as appropriate. Able to overcome
client/carer resistance to potentially threatening information.
8. To transport client files and psychological equipment as required.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (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, 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.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Teaching, training and supervision
1. In common with all clinical psychologists, to receive regular clinical supervision in
accordance with professional practice guidelines.
2. To gain wider experience of professional psychology within the NHS over and above
that provided within the principal service area where the postholder is employed.
3. To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
4. To contribute to the training and support of other staff in psychological care.
Research, audit and service evaluation
1. To assist in the design and implementation of service development projects within the
service as required.
2. To attend meetings in which service developments are planned and discussed.
3. To regularly undertake research, audit and development activity.
4. To assist in the design and implementation of audit and research projects.
5. To undertake data collection, analysis, the production of reports and summaries, using IT and statistical programmes.
6. To undertake searches of evidence-based literature and
research to assist qualified clinical psychologists in evidence based practice in individual
work and work with other team members.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- An undergraduate degree in psychology or significant research experience
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to support research at a variety of regional sites
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate research experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to write reports and follow research protocols
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated.
- Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
- Able to work independently or 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 Sabiha Azmi
- Job title
- Trust Head of Psychology & Psychological Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For a discussion about the above post, you are very welcome to contact Dr Sabiha Azmi Consultant Clinical Psychologist Trust Head of Psychology & Psychological Services
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