Practitioner Psychologist

Bidvane; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car

Discounts via NHS schemes

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support groups

Good quality supervision

Preceptorship programme

Job summary

The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust is seeking a practitioner psychologist for the inpatient learning disability service at Brooklands Hospital on a 0.7 WTE basis. The role combines clinical assessment, individual and group therapy, supervision, and service development.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, contribute to audits and research, and support staff with psychological interventions, with HCPC registration and doctoral training required.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral training in applied psychology approved by the HCPC, or equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK.
• Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Experience with learning disability and comorbid conditions; inpatient experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out psychological assessments and deliver individual and group therapies
• Provide team formulation and reflective practice within multi-disciplinary teams
• Support other staff to deliver psychological interventions
• Provide training and supervision to other staff
• Lead and contribute to service development projects
• Undertake audit and research
• Develop groups and other interventions with other psychologists
• Work as an integrated member of collaborative multi-disciplinary teams

Skills

Specialist assessment methods

Team-based work

Research & audit

Clinical supervision

Education

Doctoral training in applied psychology

Job description

A practitioner psychologist post in the inpatient learning disability service at Brooklands Hospital, part of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, on a part-time basis of 0.7 whole-time equivalent. The work covers clinical assessment, individual and group therapy, team formulation, and training and supervision of other staff, alongside service development, audit and research. The post is advertised at band 8a but is also open to newly qualified psychologists on a band 7 development route, with a strong focus on positive behavioural support. HCPC registration and doctoral-level applied psychology training are required.

What the job involves

• Carry out psychological assessments and deliver individual and group therapies
• Provide team formulation and reflective practice within multi-disciplinary teams
• Support other staff to deliver psychological interventions
• Provide training and supervision to other staff
• Lead and contribute to service development projects
• Undertake audit and research
• Develop groups and other interventions with other psychologists
• Work as an integrated member of collaborative multi-disciplinary teams

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral training in applied psychology approved by the HCPC, or equivalent for those trained before 1996 or outside the UK

Registration & licences

• Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council

Experience

• Experience of working with people with a learning disability and comorbid conditions such as autism or mental health conditions
• Experience of working in inpatient settings
• Postgraduate experience or training in supervision, including supervising doctoral trainees

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge and application of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches for the client group
• Knowledge of legislation relating to the client group and the legal context of inpatient services
• Commitment to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with Psychological Services colleagues

Nice to have

• Experience of working with people with intellectual disabilities in community or inpatient settings
• For applicants from other settings, demonstrated commitment to working with this client group

What's offered

• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service
• Learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car or vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, and gym membership
• Discounts with retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues via the Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service and external helpline
• Staff networks and support groups
• Good quality supervision and support to develop skills and knowledge
• Preceptorship programme and support to progress from band 7 to band 8a for development post holders