Principal Psychologist Birmingham, England
Job description
Beverley House is a 24-bedded rehabilitation hospital for women over the age of 18, situated in the heart of the community in Birmingham.
Patients admitted to Beverley House may be informal or detained under the Mental Health Act with a primary diagnosis of mental illness and personality disorder with complex needs.
We are looking for a qualified and experienced Psychologist to work with our female patients for 37.5 hours per week. As part of your role, you will be responsible for providing high quality clinical assessments. You will support with the delivery of a full ward programme which will include facilitating groups and managing a case load of patient for individual therapy sessions. You will use a range of psychological therapies including dialectical behavioural therapy. You will be involved in Risk Assessments and Management. Delivering full programme for groups and individuals for therapy primarily using DBT/CBT, Risk Assessments and Management . There will be emphasis on providing comprehensive and specialist assessments, intervention packages to patients to help them develop resilience, make sense of past life events, improve attachment to relationships, make sense of emotional , behavioural and developmental difficulties that can result from experience of abuse, neglect, maltreatment and/or adversity. You will have the opportunity to work creatively and flexibly to develop and implement innovative practice and service developments as well as working from established evidence base. You will be supported by an Assistant Psychologist and you will be responsible for their clinical supervision. You will also be responsible for completing patient reports, inputting data on Carenotes, completing 16 week timetable.
Role requirements:
- Qualified Psychologist with a minimum of 2 years experience in working in mental health services.
- Strong focus on service development, service evaluation, providing psychological consultation, expert opinion, cascading psychological thinking, developing and delivering teaching, training and group work
- Flexible to work weekends and bank holidays.
You will provide clinical, professional and managerial leadership to the MDT team and ward. To be responsible for the day-to-day psychology support. To ensure a high standard of evidence-based psychology care is consistently delivered to patients. To ensure that a safe, cost effective service is provided. To act as a role model and patient advocate, ensuring a positive patient experience for all. To be responsible for Information Governance standards.
- Promote good relationships with patient, relatives, public, other care organisations and all members of the multidisciplinary care team
- To ensure audit compliance (CQC).
- To carry out clinical supervision to Assistant Psychologist.
- Promote good communication skills written and verbally.
In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP)
- Private Medical Insurance Scheme
- Supplemented meals while on duty at Beverley House
- Carefirst – Employee Assistance Services
- Continuous learning and development
- Childcare vouchers
- Career development
- Personal health insurance
- Free car parking
- Voluntary Benefits
Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.
