Principal Clinical/ Forensic/ Counselling Psychologist inSandwell and Wolverhampton inSandwell and Wolverhampton PUBLISHED
MON 16 DEC 2024
Candidates for this role should possess strong teamwork skills and a commitment to applying their psychological expertise in a fast-paced environment. Black Country Healthcare values the development of its psychology staff, offering a dedicated continuing professional development budget and opportunities for engagement with local universities and national psychology initiatives. This position is pivotal in advancing the psychological services within inpatient care, emphasizing effective collaboration with ward staff and the wider urgent care system.
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 two in-patient areas (Hallam Street Hospital and Penn Hospital), 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.
Based at Hallam Street and Penn 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 also 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.
About us
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 is essential.
Support to the post holder will come from within the urgent care psychology team which is well established, having existed in various iterations of the Trust since 1998. Beyond the urgent care psychology team lies a wider Mental Health Divisional team of community based psychological practitioners, Physical Health Psychologists and specialist services such as perinatal mental health and early intervention.
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