Band 7-8a Practitioner Psychologist - Preceptorship

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7-8a Practitioner Psychologist under a Preceptorship programme. The post focuses on neurodevelopmental assessments within the Children and Families Division, delivered through a multidisciplinary team.

Applicants may be newly or recently qualified, with potential progression to senior bands. The role offers opportunities to develop interests across inclusion services, 0-19 provision and palliative care in a compassionate,

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered and eligible to practise in the UK.
• Experience with neurodevelopmental assessment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver neurodevelopmental assessments for individuals, groups and families as part of the neurodevelopmental pathway.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide specialist psychological input and consultation.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Neurodevelopmental

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Band 7-8a Practitioner Psychologist - Preceptorship

Company:

Company: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

We have exciting opportunities for eithernewly or recently qualified Band 7 Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologistslooking for a post with potential career progression to join our team under a Preceptorship development programme. We would also welcome applications fromBand 8a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists. Based on relevant experience, these posts can be offered at a Band 8a or band 7 Preceptorship arrangement.

We are looking forcreative, innovative and enthusiasticClinical/Counselling/ Forensic Psychologists to deliver clinical services within our neurodevelopmental pathway, Children and Families Division. We are a specialist multi-disciplinary team and if you are passionate about developing services and delivering high quality input to neurodiverse people then we would love to hear from you.

Providing clinical services citywide, you will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist psychological neurodevelopmental assessments for individuals, groups and families as well as consultation to other professionals. You will have opportunities to develop a special interest in other parts of our division for example, within inclusion services, 0-19 provision and palliative care. We pride ourselves on ourcompassionate and inclusiveways of working with a strong agenda around equality and diversity at work and have a focus on staff wellbeing, both for ourselves as a psychology team, but also for our colleagues, clients and staff teams that we work with.

IMPORTANT

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.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for information on the main duties of the post.

This advert closes on Monday 23 Nov 2026

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust