Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Band 5 Psychology Support Officer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Come Join Our Team!
Are you keen to support our NHS workforce to develop and grow? Could you help develop the range of roles and opportunities for Psychological Professions in the NHS? If so, come join our team!
This is an exciting time to join the Corporate Psychology team in our Trust. As an all-age mental health service provider, we are involved in a range of transformational professional practice, professional standards, workforce development and training and education projects, both internal to the Trust and Region wide for psychological professionals. And we need your skillset...
Role Overview
You will support, co-ordinate and monitor professional practice, professional standards, workforce development and Education & Training for Psychological Professionals Projects within Chief Psychologist’s portfolio. This 22-month fixed-term full-time co-ordination role will have a strong project support and data reporting focus, and will also include key elements of project coordination and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Provide effective and comprehensive administrative support to the Chief Psychologist and senior Psychological Professions leads responsible for key project areas.
- Be supported to work autonomously, initiating action on behalf of the Chief Psychologist linked to agreed programmes of work.
- Monitor and diarise key project meetings and monitor key elements of Corporate Psychology projects.
- Monitor email accounts and queries ensuring that service contacts receive a prompt response to all correspondence and enquiries.
- Take the lead in providing workforce project support and coordination of workforce data returns for the Chief Psychological Professions Officer, working autonomously to deliver various programmes of work.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Work Environment
This position will be hybrid working with pre-planned attendance at Trust sites as required.
About Us
The Psychological Professions work across a diverse range of all-age mental health services covering Birmingham and Solihull. In addition to our clinical services, we also have an established training programme with our local Universities, to provide Low Intensity Psychological Interventions training for NHS Talking Therapies service and are clinical placement providers for a range of course programmes for the Psychological Professions workforce. We also host Psychological Professionals Network for the midlands and have strong working relationships with NHS England and Birmingham & Solihull Education Collaborative. We work together to ensure that our colleagues have the best possible CPD and training opportunities to provide best possible care for our service users and communities.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Why Join 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.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Christiana Akinfolarin
- Job title: Psychology Professions Practice Placement Manager
- Email address: bsmhft.psychologyplacementteam@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07985882542
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills