We value ongoing professional development through opportunities to practice and harness your core therapeutic skills, reflective practice via team development sessions, peer support groups and continually reviewing the training needs individually. These skills are nurtured from the moment you join, with clarity around our team vision, values and standardised processes to help you get settled in.

Ask yourself...

Do you want to be part of a team where patients & staff would recommend the hospital services to their loved ones?

Do you like working dynamically & influencing the medical context to meet the needs of children & young people?

Would you like the opportunity to co-work with MDT members to create psychologically informed care?

Do you like having a varied job role that allows you to lead on projects and service development?

Do you like the idea of working in a large team of very experienced psychologists covering an expansive number of therapeutic models available for peer support?

We have a vision for transforming organisational culture to deliver trauma informed, preventative and psychologically shaped patient care that is equitable to the diverse needs of the communities we serve. We aim to find strategic solutions to the challenges that arise in seeing our vision through and invite you to apply if believe you can make a difference. We welcome applicants who take pride in thinking 'team' and have a 'can do' attitude.

Main duties of the job

This postcould either be appointed to as either a band 7 preceptorship working towards an 8a position, or at an 8a depending upon skills and experience. Responsibilities will be adjusted accordingly.

The post holder will be based within the Health in Mind team, which is a multi-disciplinary team including clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists and a Liaison psychiatrist. The post holder will provide input across different specialties inBCH, for example,therenal and livermulti-disciplinary teams. The post holder will be expected to:

• Identify the psychological needs of children with different medical health diagnoses.

• Undertake complex psychological assessments of children with different medical health diagnoses.

• Contribute to psychological care planning and signpost to Health in Mind where appropriate

• Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings

• Collaborate with team members in audit, research and training/ teaching

• Provide advice and guidance to parents based on assessment findings and on-going psychological input where appropriate.

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

The main duties and responsibilities of this post are outline in the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC accredited psychology doctorate. Including: Clinical Psychology Doctorate, Counselling Psychology Doctorate, Health Psychology Doctorate
• HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist

Desirable

• Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children/adolescents

Desirable

• Experience of working in an inpatient and/or acute health setting

Analytic and Judgement skills

Essential

• Facilitating clinical decision-making & care planning with multi-disciplinary professionals

Desirable

• Ability to assimilate a lot of information in a fast paced, highly emotive environment

Proefssional/managerial/specialist

Essential

• Experience of psychological assessments
• Understanding of specialist psychological literature/guidelines
• Ability to use IT to prepare reports
• Confidence and experience of using Microsoft systems (outlook, word, powerpoint etc)
• Confidence and experience using common NHS IT systems eg. electronic patient records (EPR), electronic staff record (ESR)

Desirable

• Confidence and experience of using digital platforms to aid communication and connection eg. MS teams, zoom, accuRx, Doctor Doctor

Personal skills

Essential

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Health in Mind Birmingham Children's Hospital

Health in Mind Birmingham Children's Hospital 1st Floor Ladywood House B4 6NH

Birmingham

B4 6NH

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