Specialist Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

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The closing date is 01 April 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our newly transformed eating disorders service. The post holder will join a multi-disciplinary team working to provide good quality and compassionate care to people with eating disorders and their carers. The role will focus on the provision of evidence-based psychology pathways across the community service with opportunity to play a key role in the development of a new day service for adults with eating disorders.

If you do not yet meet the criteria for the band 8a role, we will also support applications from candidates who meet the criteria for the band 7 role and job description (please see attached documentation). 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 a band 8a role upon successful completion of a preceptorship program.

It is expected that this process will be achievable within a period of 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.

The post holder will work in collaboration with other members of the Eating Disorders Service as part of the team providing community treatment for people with eating disorders. The postholder will also contribute to the ongoing development of our Trust-wide service for adult patients with eating disorders and their carers; to include the development of a new day service.

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.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• 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 group

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.

The post holder will be required to provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention (individual and group), in accordance with the evidence base; to provide clinical supervision for team members; to provide consultation to colleagues in the Trust; to undertake research, audit and service evaluation; to provide training to the eating disorders team and other services; and to participate in personal CPD.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

• DClin Psych or equivalent qualification in clinical psychology OR doctorate in counselling psychology.
• Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.

• Able to build and sustain relationships with people with psychological problems

• Experience of working with adults presenting with a range of clinical severity.
• Experience of working with clients with an eating disorder.
• Experience of…