Band 7/8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist – West Birmingham CMHTs
Closing date: 20 May 2026
We have an exciting vacancy that has arisen for newly qualified or early career Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within our Integrated Community Care and Recovery (ICCR) Services working with adults with mental health difficulties in CMHT setting. This is a 0.6 W.T.E. (3 days/week) post at Orsborn House in Handsworth close to the centre of Birmingham. This is an ideal post to apply your full range of psychological skills and knowledge including consultation, training, supervision, service development, leadership and research in addition to direct clinical work.
We are looking for a suitably experienced Clinical Psychologist. Based on experience, this post can either be offered at a Band 7/ 8a Preceptorship or Band 8a arrangement. Applicants from final year trainees for the Preceptorship 7/8a are welcome.
It is a stimulating time in the service as the post-holders will be part of multi-professional teams supporting the Transformation of our Community Services in BSMHFT as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The post offer easily accessible travel routes including trains and buses.
We would welcome applications from those looking to build upon their clinical skills with a wide range of presenting difficulties post qualification or those with more experience who are keen to develop specialisms and greater leadership roles to make a difference in the community.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and skilled clinician who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, to provide a range of clinical services. The individual will have excellent opportunities to gain experience of multi-level and integrated service provision and to further develop skills of complex case assessment, formulation and the application of evidence based psychological interventions, both individual and in groups.
You should have experience of working with service users with complex mental health and behavioural needs; additionally to be familiar with the needs of a diverse community and working in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation.
We have an established track record in service innovation supporting a diverse range of clinical and academic interest, with time for research and teaching related activities built into many of our psychological professions job plans. There are clear career paths for psychologists in the service who join us, and we are committed to your development through training and supervision.
Person Specification
Training/qualifications
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- Additional qualifications in an accredited therapy
Experience
- Significant post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group based treatment of clients with complex difficulties across adult secondary or tertiary care settings. (for 8a post)
- Experience working in Adult Secondary or Tertiary Mental Health services (for Preceptorship)
- Experience of working with service users with personality difficulties/complex trauma/psychosis
- Experience of running group based interventions for clinical problems
- Post qualification experience and/or training in supervision
Knowledge and Skills
- Skills in formulation of problems from psychological perspective and implementation of interventions appropriate for use with complex presenting problems
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Personal
- Ability to interact with and to build an sustain relationships with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience of working closely with others in an MDT setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
£49,387 to £64,750 a year per annum, pro rata
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Closing date: 20 May 2026
We have an exciting vacancy that has arisen for newly qualified or early career Clinical/Counselling Psychologist within our Integrated Community Care and Recovery (ICCR) Services working with adults with mental health difficulties in CMHT setting. This is a 0.6 W.T.E. (3 days/week) post at Orsborn House in Handsworth close to the centre of Birmingham. This is an ideal post to apply your full range of psychological skills and knowledge including consultation, training, supervision, service development, leadership and research in addition to direct clinical work.
We are looking for a suitably experienced Clinical Psychologist. Based on experience, this post can either be offered at a Band 7/ 8a Preceptorship or Band 8a arrangement. Applicants from final year trainees for the Preceptorship 7/8a are welcome.
It is a stimulating time in the service as the post-holders will be part of multi-professional teams supporting the Transformation of our Community Services in BSMHFT as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The post offer easily accessible travel routes including trains and buses.
We would welcome applications from those looking to build upon their clinical skills with a wide range of presenting difficulties post qualification or those with more experience who are keen to develop specialisms and greater leadership roles to make a difference in the community.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and skilled clinician who can work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, to provide a range of clinical services. The individual will have excellent opportunities to gain experience of multi-level and integrated service provision and to further develop skills of complex case assessment, formulation and the application of evidence based psychological interventions, both individual and in groups.
You should have experience of working with service users with complex mental health and behavioural needs; additionally to be familiar with the needs of a diverse community and working in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation.
We have an established track record in service innovation supporting a diverse range of clinical and academic interest, with time for research and teaching related activities built into many of our psychological professions job plans. There are clear career paths for psychologists in the service who join us, and we are committed to your development through training and supervision.
Person Specification
Training/qualifications
- Doctoral level training in clinical or counselling psychology
- Additional qualifications in an accredited therapy
Experience
- Significant post qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group based treatment of clients with complex difficulties across adult secondary or tertiary care settings. (for 8a post)
- Experience working in Adult Secondary or Tertiary Mental Health services (for Preceptorship)
- Experience of working with service users with personality difficulties/complex trauma/psychosis
- Experience of running group based interventions for clinical problems
- Post qualification experience and/or training in supervision
Knowledge and Skills
- Skills in formulation of problems from psychological perspective and implementation of interventions appropriate for use with complex presenting problems
- High level knowledge of theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Personal
- Ability to interact with and to build an sustain relationships with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience of working closely with others in an MDT setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
£49,387 to £64,750 a year per annum, pro rata
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