Principal Clinical / Forensic / Counselling Psychologist

This is an opportunity for someone who is keen to use their leadership and psychological skills in a fast paced MDT environment. The role is suitable to those who put patient care and recovery at the centre of their practice.

Taking the role as Principal Psychologist across two in-patient areas (Hallam Street Hospital and Penn Hospital), you will offer leadership support and clinical supervision to other psychologists who work in these two settings. You will also offer your own clinical skills into the wards to support MDT's, direct psychological care with patients and work systemically with the ward based staff and wider urgent care psychology services.

You will join a wider team of dedicated urgent care psychologists (clinical, forensic and counselling) who work across in-patients, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Mental Health Liaison Teams (MHLS) and Crisis and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTT).

BCHFT are committed to investment in our Psychology staff so you will have access to a psychology specific dedicated CPD budget to support your professional growth., Based at Hallam Street and Penn Hospital, this post will allow you to take a key role in further developing and enhancing the psychological offer within the in-patient setting. Your role will involve working on the wards and engaging in individual client work including psychological assessments, formulation, care planning, interventions and risk assessments and management within the context of MDT working. You will also work systemically with the MDT in facilitating reflective practice groups and the development and delivery of training packages. If successful in your application, you will oversee the Senior Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Psychologist within the service areas, offering opportunities to strengthen your own supervisory and leadership skills. You will be supported by the Consultant Psychologist for Urgent Care.

As a Principal Psychologist, there are also opportunities to get involved in organisational and service development work streams, encouraging you to look beyond your team and support the wider system.

We have links with the local universities across the clinical, forensic and counselling doctorate courses. We also connect into a national psychology group for Trauma Interventions in Acute Settings.

BCHFT is a relatively new organisation having formed in 2020 from two legacy Trusts (Black Country Partnership and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Trusts).

Across the organisation, there is on place a strong leadership structure for psychology supported by the Divisional Leads for Psychology and the Director of Therapies. We have a robust trust wide Consultant Psychology leadership team who support strategic developments across the organisation, as well as offering support to the family of psychological professional staff.

We are highly regarded by colleagues of all professions within our services and are the'go to' people for complex problems and creative ideas to make a difference to staff, patients and carers.