Employer: Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Pond Lane
Town: Wolverhampton
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Across the whole of the region we provide: Adult and older adult mental health services Specialist learning disability services Mental health services for children and young people Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. Job overview
Are you looking for a rewarding role working with a friendly MDT that values the psychological perspective? Seeking opportunities to support exciting new service developments whilst delivering and overseeing psychological intervention? If so then we invite you to be part of our psychology team in the Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust Learning Disability Division. As the Principal Psychologist based with the Wolverhampton Community Learning Disability Team you will lead our psychology provision for the Division across Wolverhampton. You will provide line management and professional leadership for a small number of psychologists in your team. You will work alongside an experienced MDT and supportive psychology colleagues to deliver high quality, person centred services that aim to achieve positive life outcomes for individuals. Main duties of the job
Leading the provision of psychological care throughout the Wolverhampton locality for individuals who have a primary diagnosis of Learning Disabilities who are also experiencing difficulties with their mental health and/or behaviour. Provide leadership to more junior psychologists within the service. Provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other staff contributing directly to client’s diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan. Work in partnership with other disciplines to achieve positive outcomes for individuals and their carers. Deliver safe, compassionate and meaningful interventions in line with governance standards recommended by organisations such as Royal College of Psychologists, NICE & CQC. To join the team you will need: To be a confident and competent practitioner, who can work autonomously. Be confident and effective in clinically coordinating the assessment and intervention processes of the clinical pathway. Communicate efficiently with key stakeholders within and outside of the organisation to influence outcomes for individuals. Effectively manage time and be able to prioritise own workload. Give direction and supervision to others in formal and informal settings. Have good IT skills. Supervision of junior staff and holding personal development conversations. Participate in reflective practice and service development. Working for our organisation
At Black Country NHS Foundation Trust we are building a high calibre, inclusive and diverse mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform mental health care and deliver healthier and happier lives across all our communities. Person specification
Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent). Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Active participation in quality and service improvement initiatives. Articulate the value added by applied psychology services within the context of multidisciplinary mental health and learning disability healthcare provision. Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team. Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour. ** Please Note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position**
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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Across the whole of the region we provide: Adult and older adult mental health services Specialist learning disability services Mental health services for children and young people Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. Job overview
Are you looking for a rewarding role working with a friendly MDT that values the psychological perspective? Seeking opportunities to support exciting new service developments whilst delivering and overseeing psychological intervention? If so then we invite you to be part of our psychology team in the Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust Learning Disability Division. As the Principal Psychologist based with the Wolverhampton Community Learning Disability Team you will lead our psychology provision for the Division across Wolverhampton. You will provide line management and professional leadership for a small number of psychologists in your team. You will work alongside an experienced MDT and supportive psychology colleagues to deliver high quality, person centred services that aim to achieve positive life outcomes for individuals. Main duties of the job
Leading the provision of psychological care throughout the Wolverhampton locality for individuals who have a primary diagnosis of Learning Disabilities who are also experiencing difficulties with their mental health and/or behaviour. Provide leadership to more junior psychologists within the service. Provide psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other staff contributing directly to client’s diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan. Work in partnership with other disciplines to achieve positive outcomes for individuals and their carers. Deliver safe, compassionate and meaningful interventions in line with governance standards recommended by organisations such as Royal College of Psychologists, NICE & CQC. To join the team you will need: To be a confident and competent practitioner, who can work autonomously. Be confident and effective in clinically coordinating the assessment and intervention processes of the clinical pathway. Communicate efficiently with key stakeholders within and outside of the organisation to influence outcomes for individuals. Effectively manage time and be able to prioritise own workload. Give direction and supervision to others in formal and informal settings. Have good IT skills. Supervision of junior staff and holding personal development conversations. Participate in reflective practice and service development. Working for our organisation
At Black Country NHS Foundation Trust we are building a high calibre, inclusive and diverse mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform mental health care and deliver healthier and happier lives across all our communities. Person specification
Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent). Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice. Active participation in quality and service improvement initiatives. Articulate the value added by applied psychology services within the context of multidisciplinary mental health and learning disability healthcare provision. Able to work flexibly and co-operatively as part of a team. Highly developed knowledge and skills in the care of difficult to treat groups e.g. dual diagnoses, additional disabilities or severely challenging behaviour. ** Please Note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position**
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