Principal Psychologist

This post is based within the Stroke and Neuro Rehabilitation Service, working with individuals with long term neurological conditions, acquired brain injury, stroke, and chronic fatigue syndrome. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring psychological thinking and formulation are embedded across the multidisciplinary service. You will provide highly specialised psychological assessment, intervention, and consultation for individuals referred to the service, while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues.

As a Principal Psychologist, you will provide professional leadership, clinical supervision, and support to applied psychologists within the Clinical Health Psychology Service. The role includes leadership of a small team of Senior Clinical Psychologists and contributing to the continued development of high-quality psychological provision across the pathway., Provides highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex and contentious conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing.

1.2. Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.

1.3. Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides highly specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management and the high physical risks inherent in the client group.

1.4. Formulates plans for highly specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients' mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.

1.5. Implements a range of highly specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.

We are seeking a motivated, dynamic, and compassionate clinician with strong communication and collaborative working skills, alongside the creativity and flexibility to apply psychological approaches within complex physical health settings.

Applicants should have substantial experience of working in physical health services and demonstrate a strong understanding of the psychological needs associated with neurological conditions and rehabilitation, alongside knowledge of relevant models of psychological care.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join the Clinical Health Psychology Service within Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Our Clinical Health Psychology Service supports individuals in adapting to and managing the psychological impact of physical health conditions, helping people develop meaningful and creative ways of coping with complex health challenges. The service currently operates across Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Sandwell & West Birmingham, delivering a range of specialist contracts across the Black Country.