Band 8b Principal Practitioner Psychologist - Reaside Clinic

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

Join Our Psychological Therapies Team at Reaside Clinic

Are you

Creative, reflective and resilient

Passionate about supporting people with complex needs

Interested in mental health, trauma, personality difficulties and risk

Collaborative and able to challenge systems constructively

Compassionate, authentic and relationship-focused

If so, apply for this permanent role at Reaside Clinic, part of Secure Care and Offender Health Services (SCOH), a 92-bed medium secure service supports adult men with severe, complex mental health needs and histories of violence or offending.

We seek enthusiastic, resilient and compassionate professionals who want to make a difference in forensic mental health and develop their careers.

You will join a supportive, growing Psychological Therapies team of Practitioner Psychologists, Arts Psychotherapists, Specialist Psychological Practitioners, Assistant Psychologists and Trainee Psychologists. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver formulation-led interventions, shape recovery pathways and strategy, support innovation, and build specialist forensic expertise.

This is not just a clinical role. This is a leadership position within an existing and developing team. It combines a combination of opportunities to influence, lead and contribute to service development initiatives, help integrate develop psychologically informed systems and cultures across services provide supervision and line management, support research, audit, training, and evaluation projects , and develop professional growth in yourself and others.

We recognise that working in secure care can be both rewarding and challenging. You will be supported by experienced colleagues and strong multi-model supervision structures designed to support your professional development and wellbeing.

We are also committed to helping staff identify and develop their own professional interests — your “shiny thing” — aligning your growth with both your aspirations and service needs.

We actively value diverse backgrounds and perspectives that can bring fresh thinking to our evolving services.

We are committed to continuous professional development and offer

Excellent supervision structures

Opportunities for leadership development

Access to research and innovation projects

Supportive multidisciplinary working

Career progression opportunities across SCOH services

If you are ready for the next stage in your career and want to contribute to meaningful, psychologically informed care within a supportive and ambitious team, we would love to hear from you.

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 job description and person specification.

Please click on the link for a little insight into our services and our people

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This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026