Band 7-8a Practitioner Psychologist - Preceptorship Birmingham

Job summary

We have exciting opportunities for either newly or recently qualified Band 7 Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists looking for a post with potential career progression to join our team under a Preceptorship development programme. We would also welcome applications from Band 8a Clinical/Counselling/Forensic Psychologists. Based on relevant experience, these posts can be offered at a Band 8a or band 7 Preceptorship arrangement.

Main duties of the job

Providing clinical services citywide, you will work with the multidisciplinary team to deliver specialist psychological neurodevelopmental assessments for individuals, groups and families as well as consultation to other professionals. You will have opportunities to develop a special interest in other parts of our division for example, within inclusion services, 0-19 provision and palliative care. We pride ourselves on our compassionate and inclusive ways of working with a strong agenda around equality and diversity at work and have a focus on staff wellbeing, both for ourselves as a psychology team, but also for our colleagues, clients and staff teams that we work with.

About us

Be Part of Our Team…

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Details

Date posted: 07 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £64,750 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 820-8192375-CF

Job locations: City Wide Post, Walmley Health Centre 8A Walmley Road Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B35 7QX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for information on the main duties of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An undergraduate degree in psychology.
• Eligibility for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.

Desirable

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment (including psychometrics such as ADOS), intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and nonprofessional groups.
• Knowledge of typical and atypical child development including neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD/ASD
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. dual diagnoses, children with additional learning disabilities or difficulties etc).
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to children

Desirable

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Self-motivated.
• Positive, energetic, enthusiastic in outlook and able to set a good example
• Ability to manage under pressure; work to tight deadlines, evidencing excellent time management
• Able to work independently or as part of a team.

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 Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address: City Wide Post, Walmley Health Centre 8A Walmley Road Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B35 7QX, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: C&F Divisional Lead for Psychology

Hena Syed-Sabir

hena.syed-sabir1@nhs.net

07709721355