Band 7/8A Practitioner Psychologist Preceptorship - Tamarind Centre

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health is seeking a dedicated Practitioner Psychologist for a pivotal role at the Tamarind Centre. This position offers the opportunity to work in a secure environment, providing essential psychological care and therapy to individuals facing significant challenges. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in clinical or forensic psychology, with a commitment to service development and teamwork. Join a passionate team that prioritizes compassionate care and professional growth, where your expertise will make a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Embrace this chance to contribute to a vital sector and enhance mental health wellbeing in the community.

Qualifications

• Completion of accredited Doctoral Level training in clinical/forensic psychology.
• Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological advice, care, and therapy in secure environments.
• Engage in service development, research, and therapeutic excellence.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Therapeutic techniques

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training in clinical/forensic psychology

Job description

Band 7/8A Practitioner Psychologist Preceptorship - Tamarind Centre

Band 7/8a

Main area: Secure Care and Offender Health

Grade: Band 7/8a

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 436-6961119

Site: Tamarind Centre

Town: Birmingham

Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing date: 17/02/2025 23:59

Interview date: 04/03/2025

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job overview

Following the departure of a valued team member, we have a vacancy for a 0.6 wte permanent vacancy. We are looking for someone who aligns with our values as a team and can also challenge us with compassion to be better.

The Practitioner Psychologist vacancy at the Tamarind Centre (male medium-secure unit) involves working alongside a range of professionals, providing safe, containing and connected psychological advice, care and therapy to help people understand themselves, their mental health and offending behaviour.

Main duties of the job

The Practitioner Psychologist role is broad, and we advocate for you to maintain all aspects of your professional role, including service development, research, therapeutic excellence, and leadership as appropriate. We are looking for registered Practitioner Psychologists who are interested in working in secure environments with highly sensitive content.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical/forensic psychology.
• Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists.

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group-based treatment of clients across various care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including forensic contexts.
• Experience of working therapeutically with ‘difficult to treat’ clients.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Knowledge

• Skills commensurate with doctoral level training in the formulation of problems from a psychological perspective.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific ‘difficult to treat’ groups.

Personal

• Ability to interact and to build and sustain relationships with people with mental health problems.
• Is a ‘team player’ and has demonstrated ability to work and deliver to team and organisational objectives.

Other

• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
• Awareness and understanding of the purpose and mechanisms of clinical governance.

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Please note, if applicable for your role, you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate.

All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process, we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name: Carrie Ambrose

Job title: Principal Clinical Psychologist

Email address: [e-mail]

Telephone number: 0121 301 4535

Please note that the Secure Care and Offender Health (SCOH) psychology service have several vacancies across the division currently out to advert.