Overview
Band 7/8A Practitioner Psychologist Preceptorship - Tamarind Centre
Our two men’s medium secure inpatient services, Reaside and Tamarind Centre, are seeking four Band 8A Practitioner Psychologists: three permanent (two at Tamarind, one at Reaside) and one fixed-term maternity cover at Tamarind. We warmly encourage newly qualified Band 7 practitioners interested in forensic settings to apply, offering structured preceptorship and supervision to support progression. Experienced psychologists interested in forensic inpatient work are also welcome.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide safe, connected psychological care to individuals with complex presentations—many with histories of trauma, neglect, and offending. Our approach is recovery-focused, balancing therapeutic work with effective risk management, and we support service users to understand their mental health and offending behaviours while fostering their recovery.
We Seek People Who:
* Bring integrity, warmth, and resilience in working with diverse, complex populations and are passionate about collaborative, trauma-informed, recovery-focused care.
* Are eager to use and develop skills across psychological models such as CBT, CAT, EMDR, DBT, Compassion Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy, and ACT.
* Are familiar with structured clinical judgement tools and psychometric assessment.
Main duties and responsibilities
In this role, you will contribute meaningfully to service development, research, and therapeutic excellence within a supportive environment. Regular clinical, managerial, and model-specific group supervision offers space to reflect and grow professionally while navigating the complexities of the work. These include CBT (including ACT), CAT, DBT, EMDR, and Compassion Focused Therapy, with opportunities to develop forensic practice and knowledge of models of offending.
We value the wide range of skills Practitioner Psychologists bring and support involvement in quality improvement and research. Our workstreams focus on family and carer involvement, addressing health inequalities, and enhancing trauma-informed care. Working within SCOH requires emotional resilience, confidence, and dedication. We prioritize both service user needs and staff well-being through robust support.
If you’re looking for a role where you can bring your whole self to work, grow within a thoughtful and skilled team, and make a meaningful difference, we’d be delighted to hear from you. You are warmly invited to get in touch for a visit or informal conversation. If you’re passionate about delivering excellent, innovative NHS care within forensic mental health, we encourage you to apply and join our compassionate, evolving services.
About Us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us 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 research and innovation. Our population is culturally diverse, with deprivation in parts of the region; we strive to ensure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working to provide excellent care to support our community.
Details
Date posted: 10 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £47,810 to £62,682 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 436-7495388
Job locations: Tamarind Centre, Birmingham, B9 5PU
Job Description and Qualifications
Essential qualifications:
* Satisfactory completion of a British Psychological Society accredited Doctoral Level postgraduate professional training course in clinical/forensic psychology, including the study of models of psychopathology, psychometric and neuropsychological assessment, two or more distinct psychological therapies, and lifespan developmental psychology.
* Eligibility for entry onto the Register of Chartered Psychologists.
Experience:
* Experience of specialist psychological assessment and individual and group-based treatment across care settings (primary, secondary/specialist, inpatient/residential, outpatient, community teams).
* Experience with a wide variety of client groups, including forensic contexts across the lifespan and complex presentations.
Desirable:
* At least 2 years post-qualification experience with formal supervision training to independently supervise psychology trainees.
Knowledge:
* Well-developed theoretical and practical knowledge of clinical psychology at doctoral level; highly developed interpersonal and communication skills; experience with complex psychometric testing and neuropsychological testing.
* Awareness of differential needs of minority groups and service issues in a multicultural urban area.
Desirable:
* Knowledge of specialised psychological therapies for difficult groups and relevant mental health legislation and DoH policy.
Personal:
* Ability to build and sustain relationships with people with mental health problems; team player; ability to interact with staff from all disciplines.
Other:
* Ability to accept and use supervision; understanding of clinical governance and how to use it to improve standards of clinical practice.
Additional
Disclosure and Barring Service Check and Sponsorship: This post is subject to DBS checks and UK skilled worker sponsorship considerations as described in the original posting.
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