Principal Clinical/Forensic/Counselling PsychologistNHS AfC: Band 8b

Black Country Job Support; Walsall; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a Principal Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist to join their team in Walsall. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to patient care in a collaborative environment, focusing on psychological assessments and clinical supervision. Candidates should possess the required qualifications and a keen interest in supporting patient recovery within an MDT framework.

Benefits

Dedicated CPD budget for professional growth

Access to training resources

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC and has post-graduate doctoral training.
• Experienced in clinical supervision and training of trainees.
• Wide experience within various client groups and settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision to psychologists and direct patient care.
• Conduct psychological assessments, formulation, and risk management.
• Engage in MDT working and facilitate training sessions.

Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Supervision

Operational Leadership

Psychological Assessment

Risk Assessment

Quality Improvement

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

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Principal Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist NHS AfC: Band 8b, Walsall

Client:

Black Country Job Support

Location:

Walsall, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

Job Description:

Job overview

This is an opportunity for someone who is keen to use their leadership and psychological skills in a fast paced MDT environment. The role is suitable to those who put patient care and recovery at the centre of their practice.

Taking the role as Principal Psychologist across trust wide areas (you will offer leadership support and clinical supervision to other psychologists who work in these two settings. You will also offer your own clinical skills into the wards to support MDT's, direct psychological care with patients and work systemically with the ward based staff and wider urgent care psychology services.

You will join a wider team of dedicated urgent care psychologists (clinical, forensic and counselling) who work across in-patients, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Mental Health Liaison Teams (MHLS) and Crisis and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTT).

BCHFT are committed to investment in our Psychology staff so you will have access to a psychology specific dedicated CPD budget to support your professional growth.

Main duties of the job

Based at Dorothy Pattison and Bushey Fields Hospital, this post will allow you to take a key role in further developing and enhancing the psychological offer within the in-patient setting. Your role will involve working on the wards and engaging in individual client work including psychological assessments, formulation, care planning, interventions and risk assessments and management within the context of MDT working. You will also work systemically with the MDT in facilitating reflective practice groups and the development and delivery of training packages. If successful in your application, you will oversee the Senior Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Psychologist within the service areas, offering opportunities to strengthen your own supervisory and leadership skills. You will be supported by the Consultant Psychologist for Urgent Care.

As a Principal Psychologist, there are opportunities to get involved in organisational and service development work streams, encouraging you to look beyond your team and support the wider system.

We have links with the local universities across the clinical, forensic and counselling doctorate courses. We also connect into a national psychology group for Trauma Interventions in Acute Settings.

Working for our organisation

BCHFT is a relatively new organisation having formed in 2020 from two legacy Trusts (Black Country Partnership and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Trusts).

Across the organisation, there is on place a strong leadership structure for psychology supported by the Divisional Leads for Psychology and the Director of Therapies. We have a robust trust wide Consultant Psychology leadership team who support strategic developments across the organisation, as well as offering support to the family of psychological professional staff.

We are highly regarded by colleagues of all professions within our services and are the‘go to’ people for complex problems and creative ideas to make a difference to staff, patients and carers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for an applied clinical/forensic/counselling psychologist who is keen to apply their knowledge and skills in an in-patient setting. Good team working skills are essential. Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification form.

Person specification

Qualifications, knowledge and skills

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology (or its equivalent as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
• HCPC registration
• Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings.
• Liaison and joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
• Research and development experience
• Experience of training and teaching others
• Active participation in quality improvement and service governance initiatives
• Experienced in risk assessment and management
• Demonstrable evidence of Trust behaviours
• Demonstrable evidence of good communication skills