Job summary
- Main area
- Psychological Professions
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-7428992-MH
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wayside House
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 28/09/2025
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Trainees Team & Staff Wellbeing
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
Consultant Clinical Psychologist: Permanent, Full time Position Band 8C
Psychological Professions Trainee and Students Team (0.6 wte) and Staff Psychological Wellbeing Services (0.4 wte)
If you're passionate about nurturing the next generation of Psychological Professionals and committed to promoting staff wellbeing across our Trust, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, where you’ll provide expert clinical and professional leadership across two impactful teams.
Main duties of the job
Psychological Professions in Training – Champion the development and experience of trainees, including Clinical Psychologists from Coventry University and the University of Warwick, hosted by CWPT.
Staff Psychological Wellbeing – Lead services delivering both preventative and therapeutic psychological support to our workforce.
This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference: supporting emerging professionals at the start of their careers while enhancing the wellbeing of our dedicated staff.
You’ll be part of a collaborative and highly skilled workforce, strengthened by strong partnerships with academic institutions and regional networks. In this strategic role, you’ll help shape service development, governance, and innovation across both training and wellbeing initiatives.
What You’ll Bring
Proven senior experience in clinical psychology
Strategic leadership across training and staff wellbeing
A commitment to innovation, inclusion, and excellence
What You’ll Gain
A place in our growing community of Consultant Psychological Professionals
Support from the Director of Psychological Services and Professions
Regular clinical supervision, CPD opportunities, and peer support
A chance to shape preventative interventions and lead operational teams.
We welcome applications from suitably qualified, experienced and passionate Clinical Psychologists ready to take the next step in their leadership journey.
Working for our organisation
Psychological Professions in Training
As the Clinical and Operational Lead, you will oversee the team supporting trainees across the Psychological Professions. Working under the professional and operational leadership of the Trust Lead for Psychological Services and Professions, your role will be pivotal in maintaining and enhancing the systems and relationships that support trainees throughout CWPT.
These trainees are integral to the delivery of psychological services across the Trust, and your leadership will ensure a robust pipeline of skilled professionals to serve our communities. You will provide strategic direction and operational management for all aspects of the team, collaborating closely with academic institutions, Health Education England, and regional partners across the West Midlands. This includes coordination with those hosting Trainee Clinical Psychologists and other Psychological Professions in Training, as well as service leads and corporate stakeholders.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Staff Psychological Wellbeing
You will lead the delivery of timely, effective psychological support for CWPT staff, ensuring access to high-quality care across the organisation and, where appropriate, the wider system. This includes overseeing services that provide psychological therapy and interventions for staff experiencing distress, as well as designing and implementing preventative and proactive wellbeing initiatives.
Your leadership will be central to creating a psychologically safe and supportive working environment, enabling staff to thrive even in the face of challenging and emotionally demanding circumstances.
Whilst this is advertised as one post, please do approach us for a conversation about one part of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registration with the HCPC in Clinical Psychology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of clinical leadership and service development
- Extensive experience of working with staff with psychological difficulties or those experiencing mental health crises
- Extensive experience of delivering highly specialist services
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances.
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs e.g. age, culture, variety of settings
Other
Essential criteria
- Requirement to travel throughout the area covered by the Trust’s services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Su Thrift
- Job title
- Director of Psychological Professions and Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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