Band 8b Principal Psychologist - CRHTT

Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity in our CAMHS Urgent Care Team for a Principal Clinical/Forensic Psychologist with experience and a passion for working with young people under the age of 18. We are enhancing our provision by strengthening the psychological leadership in the CAMHS Urgent Care Team. It is a great time to join the team as we are looking at new models of care and how to improve our provision of 'helpful help' to the children and young people of Birmingham. This is an ideal post to apply your full range of psychological skills and knowledge including consultation, training, supervision, service development, leadership, and research in addition to direct clinical work.

Main duties of the job
You will join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team who are excited about welcoming a new Principal Psychologist into the service. Duties will include providing specialist psychological assessment, comprehensive risk assessment and brief therapeutic interventions for clients and families, offering advice, consultation, training and supervision on clients' psychological care to colleagues and other professionals, and playing an active role as part of the multidisciplinary leadership team. We have an established track record in service innovation supporting a diverse range of clinical and academic interests, with time for research and teaching related activities built into our psychological professions job plans. We are committed to your development through training and supervision. As a service are committed to providing recovery-promoting, autism-accepting and trauma-informed services, drawing on the creativity of our talented and experienced staff, together with the lived experience of our experts by experience. We are continuously learning and evolving, as we work together to meet the mental health needs of our multi-cultural city.

About us
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.

Details
Closing date: 19 August 2026
Date posted: 17 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year, per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 436-8095103-A
Job locations: Park View clinic, Queensbridge Raod, Birmingham, B13 8QY, United Kingdom

Job description
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Training and qualifications
Essential

• Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical psychology (the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996; or Doctorate in Forensic Psychology), the completion of which includes the study of models of psychopathology, psychometric and neuropsychological assessment, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.

Experience
Essential

• Substantial assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical or forensic psychologist / psychological therapist post- qualification, with additional experience working at the senior (Band 8a) level.
• Experience of highly specialist psychological assessment and individual and group-based treatment of clients
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for the psychological care and treatment of referred clients, and of working within a multidisciplinary context wherein carries responsibility for the psychological aspects of a multidisciplinary care plan.

Desirable

• Experience of the application of psychological principles in different cultural contexts.

Knowledge and skills
Essential

• Highly developed theoretical and practical knowledge of the field of clinical or forensic psychology, consistent with professional training and further post qualification study, training and supervised experience during the substantial experience as a qualified psychologist / psychological therapist.
• Highly developed skills, commensurate with professional training and post qualification training and experience, in the formulation of highly complex problems from a psychological perspective and in the implementation of highly specialist psychological therapies, interventions and management techniques that are appropriate for use with highly complex presenting problems. Able to deliver established/evidenced based psychological therapy to fidelity.
• Skills in providing consultation and advice from a psychological perspective to members of other professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge and skills in participating in or leading on service development and delivery

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).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Park View clinic, Queensbridge Raod, Birmingham, B13 8QY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Divisional Director of Psychological Therapies, Anne Crawford-Docherty, anne.crawford-docherty@nhs.net, 07385950955