Job summary
We are excited to offer a post for a Clinical Psychologist within the North Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) team within Forward Thinking Birmingham. This post is open to newly qualified psychologists and psychologists in the third year of their doctorate who are expected to complete their training in September 2025 as a Band 7/8a preceptorship. This means you will start on Band 7 and transition to 8a after 12-months depending on your development. The post is also available as an 8a for those with relevant post-qualification experience.
The post holder will join a well-established and supportive Early Intervention in Psychosis service for young people aged between 16-35 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families. The Birmingham EIP service is comprised of four EIP teams located in different geographical areas across the city. Each team has a clinical and assistant psychologist. This post is linked with the North EIP team, which is based in Finch Road Primary Care Centre, Lozells, Birmingham and provides support for young people and their carer's who live the North of Birmingham including Alum Road, Stockland Green, Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, and Four Oaks.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessments, individual therapy, family interventions and group work. They will be expected to work with the multidisciplinary teams and offer consultation on psychological approaches to working with psychosis, as well as teaching and supervising of qualified, assistant and trainee psychologists. If you have already been working as a qualified psychologist this could be an opportunity for to you consolidate your specialist interest in psychosis and Early Intervention Psychosis. If you are newly qualified you can enter your first post in a service offering a range of clinical, research, consultation, training, and teaching opportunities.
Forward Thinking Birmingham actively support the Birmingham and Coventry DClinPsych courses, providing specialist and core placements, teaching and research supervision.
We welcome candidates with a passion for working with young people and their families.
Please note, we will only consider applicants who hold a degree which meets Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC)/Graduate Basis for Registration with the British Psychological Society (BPS). Please state this clearly in your application.
The advert may close earlier than the stated closing date, subject to the number of applications received.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills.
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills.
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Skills
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist eligible for chartered status. Skills in meeting the needs of children with psychological difficulties.
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Special Knowledge/Abilities and/or Job Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working with young people with psychosis and their carer's families
- Knowledge of Early Intervention Psychosis Services
- Knowledge and experience of providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
- Knowledge and experience of providing Family Interventions for Psychosis including Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT)
- Knowledge of the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis (NCAP)
- Knowledge and experience with supporting EIP services in coordinating the provision of formulation clinical care
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within context of EIP MDT.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration including use of remote video methods.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effctively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, careres and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- Experience of working in EIP and/or with psychosis
- Experience of teaching, training, staff support, research
- Some experience of supervision others including Trainee Psychologists
- Experience of contributing to planning and evaluation of services
- Experience of supporting recovery focused EIP care at a clinical and service level
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Personal Qualities/Disposition
Essential
- Ability to communicate well and to form good working relationships with professionals at all levels
Circumstances
Desirable
- Flexibility regarding working hours
- Car driver / car owner
Interests and Motivation to the Job
Essential
- Interest in developing skills within EIP psychology. Well motivated to be part of the service. Enthusiasm
Desirable
- Likely to be committed to working with the department for at least two years
Person Specification
Qualifications/Skills
Essential
- Qualified Clinical Psychologist eligible for chartered status. Skills in meeting the needs of children with psychological difficulties.
Desirable
- Chartered Clinical Psychologist
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Special Knowledge/Abilities and/or Job Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and experience of working with young people with psychosis and their carer's families
- Knowledge of Early Intervention Psychosis Services
- Knowledge and experience of providing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp)
- Knowledge and experience of providing Family Interventions for Psychosis including Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT)
- Knowledge of the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis (NCAP)
- Knowledge and experience with supporting EIP services in coordinating the provision of formulation clinical care
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment within context of EIP MDT.
- Experience of teaching, training and/or professional and clinical supervision.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration including use of remote video methods.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effctively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, careres and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including complex multivariate data analysis as practiced within the field of clinical psychology.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Ability to identify provide and promote appropriate means of support to carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and severely challenging behaviours.
- Ability to identify, and employ, as appropriate, clinical governance mechanisms for the support and maintenance of clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- Experience of working in EIP and/or with psychosis
- Experience of teaching, training, staff support, research
- Some experience of supervision others including Trainee Psychologists
- Experience of contributing to planning and evaluation of services
- Experience of supporting recovery focused EIP care at a clinical and service level
- Experience of neuropsychological assessment
- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
- Experience of assessing and treating clients across the full range of care settings.
- Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Ability to develop and use complex multi-media materials for presentations in public, professional and academic settings.
Personal Qualities/Disposition
Essential
- Ability to communicate well and to form good working relationships with professionals at all levels
Circumstances
Desirable
- Flexibility regarding working hours
- Car driver / car owner
Interests and Motivation to the Job
Essential
- Interest in developing skills within EIP psychology. Well motivated to be part of the service. Enthusiasm
Desirable
- Likely to be committed to working with the department for at least two years
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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 Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Finch Road Primary Care Centre
2 Finch Road
Birmingham
B19 1HS
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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