Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist

at  Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

There is a exciting new opportunity to help develop and deliver a new dual diagnosis support service in Wolverhampton, The posts are part of a new OHID initiative to enhance mental health and substance misuse and build on continuity of care within services.
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 and management skills. The post holder will be delivering training and support to mental health teams across Wolverhampton supporting services and clients with dual diagnosis. Post holder must have a good knowledge of substance misuse and working within dual diagnosis
Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and with clients from culturally and socially diverse communities who have 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.
The role will also include responsibility for leadership of psychological therapies and delivery of a NICE concordant service to individuals in the service. This will involve provision of highly specialist psychological assessments and therapy, line management and clinical supervision of psychological practitioners, consultation, service development, research, and teaching/training to other mental health services in Wolverhampton, as required.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Undertakes highly specialist psychological assessments of complex cases, assessing personality, beliefs, attitudes, behaviour, emotional function, and other relevant psychological characteristics and dimensions and factors relevant to the development, maintenance and understanding of the client’s difficulties as appropriate, using standardised psychometric instruments, protocol based assessment tools, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and structured and semi-structured interviews as required. Utilises assessment techniques directly with clients and collects information from family members and others involved in the client’s care as appropriat

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