Applied Senior Psychologist

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Little Hulton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Applied Psychologist for the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT). The successful candidate will provide psychological assessments, care planning, and interventions to clients in crisis. This role offers opportunities for development in a multidisciplinary team, with a focus on preventing hospital admissions and facilitating early discharges. Applicants from newly qualified practitioners are also encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Flexible working policies

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Post-doctoral training in one or more specialised areas of psychological practice.
• Trained in clinical supervision and supervision of doctoral trainees.
• Experience working across various settings with diverse client groups.

Responsibilities

• Support Principal and Consultant Psychologists within CRHTT.
• Conduct assessments and short-term interventions for clients in crisis.
• Facilitate reflective practice groups for team members.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Risk assessment

Evidence-based practice

Team collaboration

Psychological assessments

Formulation and care planning

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology

HCPC registration as An Applied Psychologist

Registration with BPS

Job description

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Applied Senior Psychologist

The closing date is 29 December 2025

Senior Applied Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist:

Urgent Care - Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) - One Post in Dudley, Walsall or Sandwell CRHTT's

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Applied Psychologist to join the CRHTT in BCHFT. One 0.6 WTE has become available based in one of our CRHTTs in Sandwell, Dudley or Walsall. Applicants to any of these locations are welcome, however some cross‑locality work may also be required based on clinical need.

You will join fast‑paced MDT environments to work in the least restrictive way to support service users presenting with acute and urgent care mental health needs. Psychology has been well embedded into the foundations of the CRHTT and as the Psychologist, you will exercise your leadership skills in psychological assessments, formulation, care planning and brief psychological interventions.

We have strong links with local universities across the clinical, forensic and counselling courses. Relationships have been established with other organisations with connections into a national psychology group for Trauma Interventions in Acute Settings.

The successful candidate will be part of a group of Psychologists in Urgent Care who are based across acute settings including CRHTT, in‑patients, mental health liaison services and PICU. The successful candidate will be supported with supervision and opportunities for CPD.

Main duties of the job

You will support the Principal Psychologist for CRHTT and the Consultant Psychologist for Urgent Care in the delivery of psychology in CRHTT. Based in the CRHTT, you will join a team of multidisciplinary professionals in working with people experiencing a mental health crisis. With the two main aims of preventing hospital admission and facilitating early discharge you will offer assessments, formulation, care planning and short‑term interventions to clients with high levels of risk. Psychology also supports team members through regular reflective practice groups and supervision and this is highly valued by our MDT colleagues.

We are looking for someone who can work flexibly and creatively as a member of a multidisciplinary team who enjoys working in a fast‑paced environment.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified psychological practitioners who are keen to gain experience in urgent care settings and can offer band 7‑8a developmental opportunities where appropriate.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

We currently employ over 3,500 people and, just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. We know that our Trust runs on the desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.

We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family‑friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best – and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached detailed job description and person specification in the documents section of this vacancy.

Person Specification

Job and Person Specification

• Post‑graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS
• Post‑doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
• HCPC registration as An Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
• Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Working as a qualified applied psychologist within a Mental Health service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings
• Knowledge of evidence based practice relevant to the role of working with people's complex mental health difficulties
• Risk assessment and risk management
• Registration with BPS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust