Job summary
Are you interested in the challenges and rewards of working with children who have complex physical health needs impacting on, or exacerbated by, their mental health and wellbeing? Would you like to work with the system around the young person, and their family, to facilitate their healthcare journey, maximising their physical and mental health outcomes?

The Health in Mind team at BWCH is a vibrant and well-respected team of clinical psychologists and a Liaison Psychiatrist, with highly valued support from Assistant Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists and Psychiatrists in Training.

We are recruiting to both fixed-term and permanent positions.

Main duties of the job
To provide psychological assessment, psychological interventions and deliver workshops/groups under the direction and supervision of the nominated Clinical Psychologist who holds clinical responsibility. To work according to a plan agreed with the supervisor. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits, collection of statistics, development of audit and/or research projects, teaching and project work.

About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Qualifications
Essential

• Upper class honors degree or higher in Psychology (A lower second class honors Degree supplemented by post graduate Qualification may be considered.)
• Entitlement To graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology.
• Mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential

• Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities on a paid or voluntary basis. Ability to assist in teaching and training, and to develop psychometric skills
• High level communication skills including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues.
• An understanding of psychology applied to health care.
• Experience using Microsoft packages for databases or data analysis, especially SPSS for Windows.

Desirable

• Experience of paid work in direct care provision. Previous experience as an Assistant in an NHS setting. Experience of teaching and training in the application of psychological principles to mental health problems. Experience of research evaluating and audit.

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential

• Ability to interact sensitively and effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with people with mental health problems or other disabilities and their families.

Desirable

• An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).