Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist – Steps to Recovery

Job overview

Are you seeking the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills? Do you enjoy being part of a team and working flexibly and creatively with service users? If so, we invite you to apply for this Principal Practitioner Psychologist role in our Steps to Recovery inpatient rehabilitation services.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has a community rehabilitation team and seven Steps to Recovery units, offering a range of mental health rehabilitation services. This post is based at Hertford House, a Level 1 Community Rehabilitation Unit in Olton, Solihull.

The post holder will contribute to the work of the multidisciplinary team at Hertford House, building collaborative relationships with service users to enhance wellbeing and support recovery. They will also be warmly welcomed into a well-established and supportive group of psychological practitioners working across our community and inpatient rehabilitation services and Assertive Outreach teams.

The post is part time, two days a week (0.4wte). Individuals at Band 8b or with suitable experience and eligible for this banding will be considered.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have opportunities to develop skills in team-based working, specialist assessment, shared formulation, and application of evidence-based psychological interventions to help service users achieve their rehabilitation goals. They will also be supported to develop their leadership skills.

Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and with clients from culturally and socially diverse communities who have range of mental health needs is desirable, as is the motivation to support positive risk taking so service users can lead as autonomous and valued a life as possible. We also support multidisciplinary colleagues to build knowledge, skills, and confidence by delivering a programme of training, supervision, and reflective practice, to which the post holder would contribute.

Our psychological service has a reputation for clinical excellence and innovation in rehabilitation, and we are actively involved in service development, evaluation, and research. We have access to a comprehensive CPD programme and external training and provide strong professional supervision, offering a range of clinical models and accreditation opportunities.

If you share our recovery-focused commitment to keep service users at the heart of what we do and would like to develop your clinical and leadership skills, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us for further information about the post or to arrange an informal visit.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities of this post please see the attached job description and person specification.