Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist – Ardenleigh
Secure Care and Offender Health. Grade Band 8b. Contract: Permanent. Hours: 30 per week. Job ref: 436-7885405-A.
Site: Ardenleigh Town Birmingham. Salary: £66,582 – £77,368 per annum, pro rata.
Closing 30/06/2026 23:59.
Job Overview
8b Practitioner Psychologist – Ardenleigh Women’s Secure Blended Service (WSBS). Fixed term contract/secondment opportunity to 31st March 2027 (with possibility of extending beyond this date). The WSBS offers an innovative blended security model. The role involves providing specialist psychological consultation and interventions across outreach and inpatient services to women presenting with complex trauma and personality disorder.
Main Duties
- Provide specialist input to the inpatient service and delivery of the Outreach provision.
- Offer specialist advice and support to promote timely discharge.
- Maintain a substantial leadership role, providing management and clinical supervision to members of the team.
- Contribute to a culture of psychological safety and staff wellbeing.
- Develop and deliver specialist psychological interventions for women and high‑risk behaviours.
Qualifications
- Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent).
- Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists.
- Additional training in DBT, at a minimum 5‑day intensive training.
- Post‑doctoral training in one or more highly specialist areas of psychological practice/therapy.
- Experience of working as a qualified clinical/forensic psychologist for at least 4 years post‑qualification, with a minimum of 2 years at the senior (highly specialist) level.
- Experience working with a wide variety of client groups across the lifespan and a spectrum of presenting problems.
- Experience applying clinical psychology in different cultural contexts and with ‘hard‑to‑reach’ community groups.
- Experience in safeguarding and risk management across multiple agencies.
- Highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of clinical psychology.
- Skill in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to multidisciplinary teams.
- Awareness of differential needs of BAME groups and of service issues in a multicultural urban area.
- In‑depth knowledge of information governance legislation and information sharing practices across agencies.
- Ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- Capacity to tolerate frustration, change and high demand, working effectively under pressure.
- Willing and eligible to apply for higher level security clearance.
Additional Requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential. We are working 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.
Applicants may be required to cover the cost of their DBS certificate. This will be deducted from salary over 3 months. The Trust will reimburse this. Applicants must maintain DBS Update Service subscription.
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