# Applied Psychologist in Gen Medicine

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Bushey Fields Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 PA
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 15 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09T14:41:16.860Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/Dudley/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Applied_Psychologist_General_Medicine/Applied_Psychologist_General_Medicine-v8272887
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8272887?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Practitioner (Clinical, Counselling or Health) Psychologist to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service. This is a part time, 8a or 7-8a role, in our General Medicine Service. We would also consider a recently qualified Practitioner Psychologist for a 7-8a development role. The post holder will be based between Cross Street Health Centre in Dudley and Whitmore Reans in Wolverhampton, with the expectation that they will work across Dudley and Wolverhampton, according to service need. The key medical specialities the postholder will work with are Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Diabetes, Respiratory and Renal. The aim of our service is to decrease psychological distress, improve quality of life, patient experience and enhance wellbeing in those who have a physical health condition, supporting people to live well, alongside their condition.

### Main duties of the job

The service offers psychological assessment, formulation and intervention to patients from the pathways/teams/Consultants outlined above. A further comprehensive psychological assessment is in place for those undergoing a live donor kidney transplant. The service also offers teaching, training and consultancy to staff from these multi-disciplinary teams to enable them to manage psychological issues with their patients and incorporate psychological principles into their own practice. This provides the postholder with variety in their work and the opportunity to use the full range of their skills.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Clinical Health Psychology team comprises a large group of Clinical, Counselling and Health Psychologists working across Dudley, Sandwell and Wolverhampton with a wide range of physical health conditions. There are good opportunities for peer support and development. BCHFT employs a very large number of Psychological Professionals across, Adult Mental Health, Older Adults, Learning Disabilities and Children’s Services. So, there is an excellent structure of professional support and opportunities for development. The Trust has recently invested in a fully funded CPD package for Psychological Professionals that would be available to the successful applicant.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
- Teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision and field supervisor for doctoral theses.

### Education/Qualifications

**Essential**

- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
- Registration with BPS

## Documents

- [advert for general medicine (pdf, 37.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588342)
- [jd/ps for general medicine (pdf, 434.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588343)
- [bchft anti racist declaration (pdf, 222.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2381)

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