Clinical Psychologist - WMCPC IROC

Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust seeks a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist to deliver assessment, formulation, and intervention for children and young people with complex needs in residential settings. The role involves working with families and multidisciplinary teams to support trauma-informed care.

The post emphasizes leadership, supervision, training, and engagement in governance, research, and quality improvement to enhance outcomes for vulnerable youth across

Qualifications

• HCPC registered psychologist with NHS experience preferred.
• Specialist skills in assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Experience in leadership, supervision or training is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex needs in residential settings.
• Offer consultation and psychological leadership to support trauma-informed practice.
• Contribute to care planning, service development, training, research, audit and governance activities.

Skills

Clinical psychology

Trauma-informed practice

Consultation

Education

HCPC registered psychologist

Job description

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) is the Lead Provider of Toucan, the West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, which delivers integrated specialist mental health, learning disability and autism services for young people across the region. Integrated Residential Outreach Care (IROC) provides a trauma-informed, multi-agency service for children and young people with complex needs living in residential settings and subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Order (DOLO). The Clinical Psychologist will provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for young people, families and professionals, while contributing to consultation, service development, staff support, training, research and multidisciplinary working. The post offers an exciting opportunity to improve outcomes for some of the most vulnerable young people in the West Midlands through collaborative, psychologically informed care.

Main duties will be to provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for children and young people with complex mental health, emotional and behavioural needs living in residential settings. The post holder will work collaboratively with families, carers and multidisciplinary professionals, offering consultation, specialist advice and psychological leadership to support trauma-informed practice. Responsibilities will also include managing a complex caseload, contributing to care planning and service development, providing training and supervision, participating in clinical governance activities, and undertaking research, audit and quality improvement initiatives to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people across the West Midlands.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa McDonagh Job title: Head of IROC Email address: [e-mail]