Band 8A – Clinical Psychologist – Birmingham

Pulsejobs.com; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to provide specialist psychological assessments and therapy in Birmingham. The role involves developing new services, working autonomously, and contributing to multi-disciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have a psychology degree, HCPC registration, and relevant experience in clinical settings.

Benefits

£300 referral bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience as a Specialty Doctor.
• Experience in triaging autism and ADHD cases.

Responsibilities

• Developing the psychology service in a new hospital.
• Providing specialist psychological assessments and treatments.
• Undertaking risk assessment and management for service users.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Skills

IT Literacy

Education

Recognised Psychology Degree Qualification

Job description

Job Title:Clinical Psychologist
Band:8A
Location:Birmingham, West Midlands
Hours:37.5 hours
Rate:£55,800 – £63,487 per annum

We are seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to work with our service users across our inpatient units, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy, whilst offering advice and consultation on service users’ psychological care to the multi-disciplinary team. You will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. In addition, you will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development, and research within the area served by the team/service.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Senior Clinical Psychologist, your role will involve developing the psychology service in our new hospital. You will provide specialist psychological assessments to service users referred to the team, formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a service user’s mental health problems. Additionally, the postholder will provide specialist psychological advice, guidance, and consultation to other professionals, contributing directly to service users’ formulation, diagnosis, and treatment plan.

You will undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users, utilising a team approach to the completion of START and associated formulations, and provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Recognised Psychology Degree Qualification or equivalent (qualified and registered Clinical Psychologist).
• Full registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Registered Member of a professional body.
• Minimum of 12 months experience as a Specialty Doctor.
• Experience in triaging autism and ADHD cases.
• Ability to travel across a variety of sites in a timely manner.
• Expertise in psychological assessments and interventions.
• A high level of clinical skills as evidenced by peer review and reports.
• Evidence of incorporating core values of commitment, trust, integrity, and kindness into their work with others.
• Willingness to work flexibly across a range of clinic models, venues, and days of the week.
• Good communication skills and level of IT literacy.
• An interest in advancing professionally as evidenced by attendance and contribution to reflective practice meetings, reliability meetings, and/or other CPD events within their professional clinical practice.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

How to Apply:

If you are a dedicated professional looking to advance your career and make a meaningful impact in the field of clinical psychology, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV below to apply. If you are registered with Pulse and recommend a friend to us, you can earn £300 per recommendation once they have worked over 200 hours*.

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Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.