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Applied Psychologist (Clinical/Counselling) - Band 8
Grade
NHS AfC Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)
Job ref
444-7487257-MH
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stratford Healthcare
Town
Stratford-upon-Avon
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/10/2025 23:59
Interview date
30/10/2025
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Clinical Psychologist

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.’

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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Candidate Information Pack

Job overview

This full-time post is within our Community Mental Health Team (psychosis pathway), based in the Warwick/Leamington or Stratford-upon-Avon locality. 

Voices… trauma… visions… stigma… withdrawal… exclusion… depression… substance use.  The people we support need a psychologist with a passion for working with people experiencing psychosis and who can work with them and their families to find a way to a meaningful recovery.  Is this you?

Compassion… Respect…. Collaboration… Integrity… do you share our values? 

Peer workers… multi-disciplinary teams… transformation… new partnerships… organisational change – do these excite you?

If the answer to these is ‘Yes’, we would love to hear from you. 

You will work predominantly with people on our psychosis pathways but may also work with people on our non-psychosis mental health pathways.  The work on the psychosis pathway is based on the FACT model and is aligned with a Recovery philosophy of service provision.  Compassionate care is at the heart of what we do, and the contribution of psychology and provision of psychological interventions is welcome and highly valued.  We have a strong commitment to provide an excellent standard of care and to continually improve, and we are keen see our psychologists flourish and develop through supervision, training and mentoring opportunities. 

Main duties of the job

With the support and supervision of a Principal Clinical Psychologist you will work with colleagues to deliver Recovery focused interventions in the community.  You will work with people with complex difficulties, their families and the teams who support them, delivering formulation and evidence-based interventions and support.  You will be expected to promote values that seek to support recovery in this client group and maximise the potential of individuals with the aim of reducing social exclusion, stigma and the potentially disabling effects of psychosis. 

You will support trainee clinical psychologists and psychological professionals in the service and provide consultancy and training to the wider MDT.  You will be encouraged to take part in service development as we embed the Community Mental Transformation and develop an Enhanced Psychosis Pathway. Research is something that we value and we welcome your interest in this. 

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. 

These include:

·       generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

·       flexible working opportunities

·       excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

·       salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

·       discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

·       wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

·       staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Post Graduate Doctoral level training in applied Psychology ( or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK) as approved by the HCPC.
  • Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical experience of working with a range of clients presenting with a range of clinical severity.
  • Experience of working with people and their carer’s in SCMH, or with people with complex mental health needs in different settings.

Knowledge and skills.

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group and skills in applying this knowledge.
  • Skills in applying this knowledge
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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Gary Willington
Job title
Lead Psychologist for Community Psychosis Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07721880505
Additional information

No agency contact please.

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