Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist – Steps to Recovery
Main area Mental Health Rehabilitation Services Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Part time – 15 hours per week Job ref 436-8009456
Site Hertford House Town Solihull Salary £66,582 – £77,368 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2026 23:59
Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
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 a 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
- HCPC/BPS accredited training in Clinical, Forensic, or Counselling Psychology
- HCPC registration or eligibility for this
- Additional pre or post qualification training in an accredited psychological therapy or other field of applied psychology
Experience
- Significant post-qualification experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients with complex difficulties across multidisciplinary adult secondary or tertiary care settings
- Significant post-qualification experience of working with a variety of client groups of working age with wide-ranging presenting problems
- Significant post-qualification experience of receiving supervision (minimum 50 hours) so can supervise other psychologists
- Experience of working therapeutically with service users who are reluctant to engage with services, presenting with complex mental health needs and risks
- Experience of team-based risk assessment and formulation
- Experience of working in a multicultural framework
Knowledge and Skills
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, including psychometric testing
- Skills in psychological formulation, with individual clients and with teams
- Skills in implementation of highly specialist psychological therapies, interventions and management techniques appropriate for use with complex presenting problems
- Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with clients who are reluctant to engage with services
- High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, however all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case by case basis.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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