Band 6/7 Specialist Practitioner Therapist - Bipolar Service

Job summary

Do you have a core mental health profession and are interested in a role focussing on delivering psychological and psychosocial interventions for those with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder ? Would you like to develop your clinical skills within a small specialist multi disciplinary team? We have two full-time vacancies within the Bipolar Service . Postholders will assist us to improve access to psychological therapies for those with severe and enduring health conditions and develop specialist skills in an area where your input can make a real difference to both people's recovery and to the development and delivery of psychological therapies for a specific client group. You will deliver evidenced based psychological interventions ,primarily the Mood on Track programme (MoT), and support the Transformation of our Community Services . You will be supported to undertake training opportunities to develop their cognitive behavioural and family intervention skills for working with those with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis. The team and post holder will also contribute to national teaching and training programmes.

Based on relevant experience and training this post can either be offered at a Band 7 (for those with a masters level qualification ) or a Band 6 with the opportunity provided to undertake further training, successful completion would lead the opportunity to progress into a band 7 role.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering evidence based psychological, psychosocial and family interventions to people with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
• Delivery of training to multi disciplinary professionals
• Group and individual interventions
• Assessment
• Consultation and liaison with secondary care and primary care colleagues
• Risk management
• Online and face to face intervention
• Supervision of staff
• Service evaluation , audit and service development
• Leadership opportunities
• Partnershp working

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.