Senior Psychologist

JR United Kingdom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic Psychologist to join their NHS team in Birmingham. This role focuses on providing evidence-based psychological support to young people aged 11-17 and their families, promoting recovery and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have experience in CAMHS and a passion for making a positive impact on mental health. If you're an innovative and motivated professional ready to contribute to a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience working clinically in CAMHS with young people.
• Ability to work autonomously within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
• Contribute to care planning and multidisciplinary assessments.

Skills

Clinical experience in CAMHS

Working with neurodiversity

Skills in trauma and psychosis

Partnership skills with families

Job description

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Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist

Location: Birmingham

Age Group: Young people aged 11-17 and their families

Pay: £23 - £35.36 PAYE per hour (dependent on experience)

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated Psychologist to join our client's NHS team. The ideal candidate will promote a recovery service and provide excellent evidence-based psychological input to multidisciplinary mental health services for young people aged 11-17 and their families.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and intervention for young people and their families/carers.
• Contribute to ward rounds, formulation, care planning, CPAs, and MDT assessments.
• Offer supervision, consultation, training, psychological debriefs, and staff support to colleagues within an inpatient setting.
• Provide services to our General Adolescent Unit and Specialist Eating Disorders Units.
• Work collaboratively with a full team including psychologists, family therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, nurses, and medics.
• Operate in a clinically demanding and fascinating environment.

Candidate Requirements:

• Experience working clinically in CAMHS.
• Skills and interest in working with complexity and co-morbidity including neurodiversity, suicidality, trauma, psychosis, and eating disorders.
• Work autonomously and as an integral part of integrated biopsychosocial multidisciplinary teams within professional guidelines and the overall framework of policies and procedures.
• Creative, innovative, high-performing individual able to make safe and confident decisions around patient care.
• Strong partnership skills with patients, their families, colleagues in the multidisciplinary team, and community agencies.

Join Us:

If you are a passionate psychologist looking to make a difference in the lives of young people and their families, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to be part of a dynamic and supportive team.