About this role
Job summary
The Autism Assessment Team is seeking a creative and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist to join the Team. We welcome applications from those at band 7 as this is a preceptorship role with scope to progress to 8a over time. We are a multi-disciplinary team comprised of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy.
The team is part of the Children and Young People's Division of the Trust and offers specialist assessment and post diagnostic support to young people up to the age of 25 who have co-occurring mental health difficulties. All Team members are offered training in specialist assessments as well as regular CPD events to enhance clinical practice.
There are lots of elements to this post that are more than assessment! The post holder will provide specialist assessment alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues, offer consultation and training to colleagues across the mental health services, develop and deliver post diagnostic input for families and young people and ensure the needs of neurodiverse people are promoted and understood across all of our services. In addition, the post holder will have the opportunity to work with a small caseload of clients referred to one of our core community teams to consolidate and develop psychological therapy skills.
Main duties of the job
Providing highly specialist psychological assessment and post diagnostic input to clients and their families as well as offering indirect clinical services such as advice and consultation to colleagues and other professionals.
Involvement in service planning and development, this will include identifying need and participating in development plan processes.
Contribute to the development of the Team offer.
Staff support and supervision, and facilitation of client related work undertaken by other team members.
Staff training.
Applied research and development related to the needs of the client served and the Children and Young People's DIvision.
Participation in Clinical Governance activities including Continuing Professional Development.
Participation in the development of operational policy, service planning and service evaluation.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Appropriate, recognised training in clinical psychology Eligible for HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist Skills in meeting the needs of adults/children with mental health needs
Desirable
Post graduate training in relevant area
Experience Essential
Knowledge and experience of working with children, adolescents and their families with mental health needs Experience of providing specialist psychological assessment and treatment for clients across the full range of mental health settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Finch Road Primary Care Centre
Finch Road Primary Care Centre
BIrmingham
B19 1HS
Employer's website https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)