Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-SS-7000391-A
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- City Health Campus
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
This is an exciting, varied role, working alongside three experienced Clinical Psychologists in a service where psychology is well established and we are core team members.
You will be joining a friendly, supportive and forward thinking MDT, consisting of Pain Consultants, Nurse Specialists, Physiotherapists and Psychologists who strive together to deliver the highest quality pain service. You will be based at City Health Campus and required to work flexibly including working from home and working across a number of community clinics.
As well as providing individual assessment/therapy for our patients, there is opportunity to take an active role within our group programmes, in order to facilitate long-term pain self management. You will be part of the team leading the delivery of the Self-Management Programme, Pain Activity Group and monthly Pain Support Group. In addition, you will also have the opportunity to provide consultation and joint working within the team and contribute to service developments and research activity. We are strongly committed to providing supervision and CPD opportunities.
This role would suit a newly qualified practitioner psychologist, or someone wanting to develop their career further. You will need strong communication skills and enthusiasm for team working. Direct experience of working in Pain Service settings is not essential, as we recognise that people can transfer experience from other settings.
Main duties of the job
To aid in the provision of a psychology service to the multidisciplinary Pain clinic, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and interventions and offering consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychology colleagues, working with regular supervision but also autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training in clinical or health psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society
- Registered with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist or about to qualify with above from a BPS approved training course.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and experience in research methodology and/or other fields of applied psychology in a healthcare setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and interventions, including self management support.
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), in either primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.
- Experience of working within a physical health setting as part of an MDT
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of graduate psychologists
- Experience of the application of psychological approaches in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working in pain management or other long term health conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayne Hickman
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 5074866
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