Band 8b Principal Psychological Practitioner


Company:	Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£66,582 - £77,368 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Birmingham, B10 9JH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Sept 2026
Closing date:	2 Oct 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, innovative and ambitious Clinical Psychologist to join the Acute and Urgent Care Division as a Band 8b Principal Clinical Psychologist working across Newbridge House and the Zinnia Centre.

This role provides strategic psychological leadership across both sites and combines senior clinical practice, leadership, consultation, supervision, service development, workforce development, quality improvement and strategic influence.

The post sits within the wider Acute and Urgent Care Psychological Professions leadership structure and offers access to: A bespoke Acute and Urgent Care Leadership Development Programme for Principal Psychological Practitioners. NHS England-supported CPD opportunities.

Leadership and management development opportunities. Participation in Trust-wide Psychological Professions networks.

Why Join BSMHFT?

The Trust is pioneering locality-based working across all pathways, champions a life-course approach to mental health care, and is embedding the principles of the Culture of Care programme.

Vision:

Excellent Care. Empowered People. Thriving Communities.

Newbridge House is a specialist acute inpatient service for women experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties.

Zinnia Centre provides acute inpatient assessment and treatment and includes both male and female inpatient wards.

The psychology workforce includes: One full-time Assistant Psychologist at Newbridge House. One full-time Assistant Psychologist at the Zinnia Centre. Both Assistant Psychologists deliver low-intensity psychological interventions and psychologically informed skills groups for service

users across the wards.

The Division is committed to embedding trauma-informed and trauma-responsive approaches throughout its services. Dedicated investment includes: Funding for accredited EMDR training. Access to specialist EMDR supervision and consultation. NHS England-supported CPD opportunities. Protected opportunities for service development, quality improvement and research.

Provide highly specialist assessment, formulation and intervention. Deliver consultation to multidisciplinary teams. Lead trauma-informed and psychologically informed practice. Supervise Assistant Psychologists and other psychology staff. Contribute to service development, audit and quality improvement.

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.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached jobdescription and person specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Sep 2026

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