Band 4 Assistant Psychologist - Eating Disorders

Job summary

The post is based in the Eating Disorders Service at The Barberry in Edgbaston. A major aspect of the role involves developing and delivering digital packages of interventions with a view of improving patients' access to timely and high-quality psychological help and psychoeducation. This post will also provide opportunities for researching and trialling other creative ways of supporting eating disorder recovery such as use of social media or liaising with other agencies. It will therefore suit somebody with proficient IT skills and keen interest in creative use of modern technologies for health promotion. Alongside development of new materials and contributing to more innovative service delivery, this post will also involve direct clinical work. This may range from delivering aforementioned digitalised courses alongside using more traditional manual-based interventions as appropriate, according to levels of skills and experience. The post holder is likely to also co-facilitate group programmes alongside multidisciplinary colleagues.

Being allied to the multi-disciplinary team in the Eating Disorders Service, the post holder will act as a member of the team, attend meetings and contribute to informing patients' psychological care within the team. The post holder will be closely supervised and supported by an experienced psychological professional in the Eating Disorders Service.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of a qualified and suitably experienced psychologist:

- To support development, delivery and evaluation of e-learning packages for patients at various stages of their recovery. This will necessitate the substantive use of IT equipment, software and web-based packages.

- To support development and implementation of digitalised outcome measure collection

- To be involved in researching and trialling other creative ways for health promotion and maintenance such as use of social media and linking with third sector agencies

- To support colleagues and patients in adopting new technologies and ways of working

- To also provide more traditional manual-based cognitive behavioural interventions with clients such as guided self-help and CBT-T as well as other short-term discrete pieces of psychological work as appropriate, according to levels of skills and experience.

- To take part in the facilitation of the group programme, including planning and running of therapeutic groups online and face to face

- To attend clinical reviews and other multi-disciplinary meetings

- To attend regular individual clinical supervision

- To undertake specific duties as appointed pertaining to service governance objectives including timely record keeping, data collection and analysis, report writing and presentation.

- To undertake/contribute to teaching, training, health promotion research and related activities of the service.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

14 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

436-7480332

Job locations

The Barberry

25 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SY

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An upper second class (2:1) honours degree or higher in psychology and entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
• Experience in producing digital materials for clinical or educational purposes

Desirable

• Experience of delivering manualised intervention packages such as guided self-help programme.
• Experience using Moodle or similar learning platform as a learner/teacher

Skills

Essential

• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• High competence with IT equipment and software packages such as MS Office and SPSS as well as web-based applications
• Ability to keep professional boundaries and reflect on own role within therapeutic relationships

Desirable

• Understanding how web-based packages, multimedia and mobile technologies can enhance patients' care

Personal

Essential

• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.

Desirable

• Experience of supporting others in adopting new technologies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• An upper second class (2:1) honours degree or higher in psychology and entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Desirable

• Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in working with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities
• Experience in producing digital materials for clinical or educational purposes

Desirable

• Experience of delivering manualised intervention packages such as guided self-help programme.
• Experience using Moodle or similar learning platform as a learner/teacher

Skills

Essential

• High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
• High competence with IT equipment and software packages such as MS Office and SPSS as well as web-based applications
• Ability to keep professional boundaries and reflect on own role within therapeutic relationships

Desirable

• Understanding how web-based packages, multimedia and mobile technologies can enhance patients' care

Personal

Essential

• An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
• Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
• Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.

Desirable

• Experience of supporting others in adopting new technologies

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Barberry

25 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SY

Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Barberry

25 Vincent Drive, Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SY

Employer's website

https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)