Post Clinical / Counselling / Forensic Psychologist

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare trust in Birmingham is looking for a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist to join their Community Learning Disabilities Team. The role offers Band 7 Preceptorship or Band 8A, with expectations to deliver high-quality clinical services and support clients with learning disabilities. Ideal candidates will have experience in psychological assessments and will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. Opportunities for career progression and flexible working arrangements are provided.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for training and reflection

Qualifications

• Trainee Psychologist or experience as Band 7/8a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist.
• Experience in delivering psychological assessments and interventions.
• Willingness to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions.
• Provide consultation to multidisciplinary teams.
• Promote trauma-informed practice to improve quality of life.

Skills

Creative thinking

Innovative approaches

Enthusiasm

Understanding of learning disabilities

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Final year Trainee Psychologist

Tools

Trauma-informed practices

Various psychological models (PBS, CBT, etc.)

Job description

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

*This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested*

Band 7 Preceptorship or Band 8A Post

Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologist

Community Learning Disabilities Team

1.0 WTE

We would welcome applications from final year Trainee Psychologist, Band 7 or Band 8a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists.

We have an exciting opportunity for newly or recently qualified Band 7 Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists seeking a role with clear career development through a Preceptorship programme to join our team. We also welcome applications from experienced Band 8a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists. Based on relevant experience, posts may be offered at either Band 7 (Preceptorship) or Band 8a.

We are looking for creative, innovative and enthusiastic psychologists to deliver high-quality clinical services within our Community Learning Disability Team in the Learning Disability Division. Whilst experience of working with people with learning disabilities is desirable, we are equally keen to hear from applicants who can demonstrate relevant transferable skills and a genuine interest in this client group.

The post holder will deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions, provide consultation to multidisciplinary teams, and promote compassionate, trauma-informed practice to improve quality of life, reduce admissions and support staff wellbeing.

We are currently working as a city-wide team and you will be expected to travel throughout Birmingham, with occasional out of area visits. However, you will be based at Jaffray Resource Centre, Erdington, with the aim of predominantly working with clients in the local area. There may be opportunities for remote working within your working week, in balance with the needs of the MDT and our clients. We will consider requests for part-time working.

Here is some feedback from trainees who have been on placement in the community team:

“the clients, close knit MDT and supportive supervisors make the community LD service a great place to work”

“lots of opportunities for getting involved with other aspects of the service, for example with staff wellbeing or the Service User Group”

“variety of interests within the psychology team which means you get to experience different models and perspectives. For example, there are opportunities to work systemically or from a trauma informed perspective”

Be Part of Our Team…

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 and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab 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 best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

You will be joining an established group of friendly, committed, and supportive Psychologists, banded from 8C to 7, as well as Assistant Psychologists and trainees. We have psychology colleagues in the Intensive Support Team and Community Forensic Team. We utilise an exceptionally broad range of psychological models depending upon client need, including behavioural (primarily PBS), adapted CBT, systemic, narrative, ACT, CAT, attachment, CFT and EMDR. Working within our team would give you exposure to these models and additional training is actively encouraged using our Learning Beyond Registration scheme. We have developed a thriving family therapy/ staff consultation service and have links with local and national LD services.

Our psychologists work closely with colleagues within our leadership team and MDT to strive for care that is trauma informed, compassionate and formulation based. We facilitate rolling group interventions, including Emotion Regulation and Tree of Life groups. We support a small number of clients who are living with complex physical health conditions, pain and co-morbidity, in order to improve their quality of life and reduce health inequalities. As Birmingham is a diverse and multi-cultural community, we are mindful of the additional challenges that clients from marginalised communities may encounter when accessing our services. Our team is actively engaged in research; we are keen to facilitate opportunities for supervising doctoral research as well as smaller scale quality improvement projects.

Our service offers opportunities to develop clinical leadership skills, be involved with clinical projects and pathway development. The Psychology Service offers connection to and support from other psychologists through facilitated reflective practice groups, CPD events, forums and Special Interest Groups. There are strong links with the DClinPsy training course and the MSCi pathway at Birmingham University, as well as Coventry. There are opportunities for service user involvement work through our Service User Group. This challenges us to reflect upon and adapt our working practices and improve our clinical environment.

Key points to note

The relevant Band 7/ 8a Job Description and Person Specification is attached to this document.

For a discussion about the above post, you are very welcome to contact one of our senior Community LD Psychologists: Radha Bisnauth on 0121 466 6700.

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Jan 2026.