Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist

As an experienced clinical/counselling psychologist holding doctoral level professional qualifications, ensures the systematic provision of a highly specialist, multilevel clinical/counselling psychology service that is cost-effective, culturally appropriate and based on best clinical and professional practice and that meets Trust and Directorate objectives, national strategic, and policy guidelines, commissioner requirements and user and carer needs and expectations.

To thereby help understand, prevent and ameliorate psychological distress and disorder and improve the mental health and well being of local service users. The role will also include responsibility for leadership of psychological therapies and delivery of NICE concordant service to individuals and families within the EIS/ARMS service. This will include highly specialist psychological assessments, individual therapy (including CBTp), family interventions and group work.

In addition the role will include line management of qualified psychologists and supervision of psychological therapists and assistant psychologists as well as providing consultation, service development, research and teaching/training as required.

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.

Essential and desirable