Job summary
Employer heading
Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist
Band 8b
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job overview
There is a exciting new opportunity to help develop and deliver a new dual diagnosis support service in Wolverhampton, The posts are part of a new OHID initiative to enhance mental health and substance misuse and build on continuity of care within services.
The post holder will have opportunities to develop skills in team-based working, specialist assessment, shared formulation, and application of evidence-based psychological interventions to help service users achieve their rehabilitation goals. They will also be supported to develop their leadership and management skills. The post holder will be delivering training and support to mental health teams across Wolverhampton supporting services and clients with dual diagnosis. Post holder must have a good knowledge of substance misuse and working within dual diagnosis
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and with clients from culturally and socially diverse communities who have range of mental health needs is desirable, as is the motivation to support positive risk taking so service users can lead as autonomous and valued a life as possible. We also support multidisciplinary colleagues to build knowledge, skills, and confidence by delivering a programme of training, supervision, and reflective practice, to which the post holder would contribute.
Main duties of the job
The role will also include responsibility for leadership of psychological therapies and delivery of a NICE concordant service to individuals in the service. This will involve provision of highly specialist psychological assessments and therapy, line management and clinical supervision of psychological practitioners, consultation, service development, research, and teaching/training to other mental health services in Wolverhampton, as required.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Undertakes highly specialist psychological assessments of complex cases, assessing personality, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour, emotional function, and other relevant psychological characteristics and dimensions and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and understanding of the client’s difficulties as appropriate, using standardised psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required. Utilises assessment techniques directly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the client’s care as appropriate
Person specification
essential
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory completion of a Health and Care Professions Council/British Psychological Society accredited postgraduate professional training course in Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychology
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist.
- Substantial experience of working as a qualified Practitioner Psychologist at the Senior (Band 8a) level.
Desirable criteria
- Post-doctoral training in two or more highly specialist areas of psychological practice.
- Pre-qualification training or additional qualifications in an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or other psychological therapy, research, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Significant management and/or leadership training
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
- angela zegnani
- Job title
- dual diagnosis
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902444030
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