Clinical/Counselling Psychologist (Research)

at  Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

It is essential that candidates have an interest in providing psychological interventions for psychosis and have experience of working with people and their carers in Secondary Care Mental Health. Experience of clinical research is also essential, as are the necessary skills to support the day-to-day delivery of the Sleeping Better and Feeling Safer trial within CWPT and neighbouring Trusts. Experience of applying cognitive behavioural approaches to psychosis would be advantageous. You are required to hold a current professional registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist by the time you take up the post.
The ability to travel during the working day over a large geographical area is essential, as is the ability to work flexibly with the needs of the client group and trial. You are likely to travel throughout CWPT and the neighbouring participating NHS Trusts. On occasion, you would also be expected to travel to other trial sites including Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Oxford. 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 are 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. You should be able to start in post around September 2024

Please refer the Job description for details