Principal Clinical Psychologist for Intensive Care

We are excited to be recruiting for a highly specialist clinical psychologist to join our amazing Health in Mind service, providing psychological leadership to the paediatric and neonatal intensive care units as well as the KIDSNTS transport service. We are an enthusiastic and dynamic team of Psychologists who value our professional identity and career progression opportunities that develop the 4 pillars of key skills namely our therapeutic expertise, leadership, education of others and service development within our Health in Mind team, across the medical services we link with and the organisation.
You will work in a dynamic, fast paced, emotive environment with complex and challenging demands working alongside very friendly and supportive psychology colleagues in Health in Mind. You will contribute to the provision of psychological assessment and intervention to children, young people and families accessing support through the Health in Mind service, specifically those receiving care in paediatric critical care and neonatal intensive care. You will also lead the development of psychologically informed environments on PICU and NICU, supporting the wellbeing and clinical care of the staff teams. You will also support the management team, leading strategy and development of the Health in Mind service and leading development, innovation and feedback within one of the therapeutic streams., The post holder will provide a highly specialised Clinical Psychology service to Paediatric Critical Care (PCC), Kids Intensive Care and Decision Support/Newborn Transport Service (KIDSNTS) and Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. This will involve the provision of universal, targeted and specialist psychological interventions to support the wellbeing of patients, families, staff and the wider teams.
The purpose of the role is to lead this provision, advise on and facilitate psychological service development and interpret policies, facilitating the integration of psychological practice within the wider linked MDTs, including working alongside established systems within Health in Mind and the wider Trust to:
· provide psychological assessment and intervention to babies, children, young people and families accessing care in PCC or NICU
· ensure that the PCC, KIDSNTS and NICU staff teams can access psychological support, both for their own wellbeing and for the psychological aspects of patient care.

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.