Clinical​/Counselling​/Practitioner Psychologist | and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Position

Clinical / Counselling / Practitioner Psychologist – Band 8a – Permanent, 2 × 1.00 WTE

We are seeking to recruit two highly motivated, skilled and compassionate Clinical, Counselling or Practitioner Psychologists to join our Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) (non‑psychosis pathway) based in North Warwickshire (Rugby and Nuneaton).

You will be joining a friendly and vibrant multidisciplinary team that offers great prospects for developing a good range of skills in both direct and indirect clinical work. We provide a service to individuals presenting with complex and enduring mental health difficulties such as trauma, mood disorders, and co‑morbidity with physical and other mental health difficulties.

The psychological therapies team in the CMHT has a vibrant skill mix including Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, CBT therapists, Assistant Psychologists and Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioners who offer a range of interventions including CBT, CBT‑PD, EMDR, CAT, DBT‑informed work, and CFT.

• Hold and manage your own caseload.

• Receive clinical supervision from an 8B Clinical Psychologist and provide supervisory responsibilities for others in the team.

• With the support and supervision of a Principal Clinical Psychologist, provide specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence‑based psychological interventions (individual and group) to service users accessing the non‑psychosis pathway of the CMHT presenting with complex and enduring mental health difficulties.

• Work collaboratively in the team formulation, staff training, support and consultation around psychological issues, and reflective practice.

• Support and supervise Trainee Clinical Psychologists, participate in local MSc and other NHS England funded courses, and engage in audit, service development, evaluation and research activities.

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases with 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

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.

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.