Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disability
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-7414430A-LD
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brian Oliver Building, Brooklands Hospital
- Town
- Marston Green, Birmingham
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Psychologist - Development Post Opportunity - 7 / 8a
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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.’
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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
Senior Psychologist
Band 8a / Band 7 Development Post
Inpatient Services for people with Intellectual Disabilities Specialist Assessment and Treatment Services (SATs) & Adolescent Unit, Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green, Birmingham
Full-time, permanent
Do you enjoy working creatively?
Are you passionate about making a difference to people’s lives?
Do you enjoy working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team?
We have an opportunity for a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist to join the team working within the specialist assessment and treatment services for adults and adolescents at Brooklands. The post is advertised at band 8a, but we are able to accept applications from newly qualifying / soon to qualify psychologists seeking a band 7-8a development post.
Psychologists in the services are fully integrated within collaborative multi-disciplinary teams, whilst also working closely with other psychologists on service development projects, to deliver training and develop groups and other interventions. The contribution of psychological services is highly valued within the teams and service management, and the team are often involved in developing innovative solutions to service needs.
Ideally applicants will have experience of working with adults and/or young people with Intellectual Disabilities in community or inpatient settings. However, we would welcome applications from individuals with experience in other settings who are interested in working in this area and can demonstrate commitment to this client group.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will use the whole range of their psychological skills and experience. This will include clinical input in the form of assessments, individual and group therapies, team formulation, reflective practice and supporting other staff to undertake psychological interventions. They will also be involved in providing training and supervision to others and contributing to and leading on service development projects and undertaking audit and research.
Working for our organisation
The SATS & CAMHS Psychological Services team are part of a wider Psychological Services team at Brooklands. The psychology department is a well-established and supportive service. Successful applicants will receive support to further develop their skills and knowledge, through good quality supervision and training opportunities.
Positive Behavioural Support is a major part of our treatment philosophy. The service ethos is to ensure that effective, evidence-based interventions are provided to people who present considerable risk to themselves or others, to ensure they can return to a less restrictive environment in the community as soon as possible.
The service has strong links with local clinical psychology training courses and regularly provides placements for trainee clinical psychologists, supervision for research, and teaching on the local courses. There are also strong links with Community Learning Disability and Intensive Support teams across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role, please see the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications.
If you do not yet meet the criteria for the band 8a role, we will also support applications from candidates that meet the criteria for the band 7 role and job description (please see “additional documents” on NHS Jobs).
In these instances, the successful candidate would be appointed to a “Development Post” role at band 7 and provided opportunities and support to progress to the band 8a role upon successful completion of a preceptorship programme. It is expected that this process will be achievable within a period of up to two years, although timescales may vary between different staff members in Development Posts. In the event that elements of the expected competencies to progress to 8a are not fully met, the role will remain as a band 7.
This will be further discussed as part of the interview and recruitment process as appropriate. Applications from newly qualified/soon to qualify clinicians would therefore be welcomed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology [or its equivalent] as approved by the HCPC
- Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs
- Experience of Supervision of others
- Experience of team working
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and the legal context of inpatient 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
- Claire David
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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