Band 8a Primary Care CEN & PCLS Psychologist - Wiltshire

NHS; Devizes; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced psychologist to join a leading NHS Trust in Wiltshire. This role involves providing specialist mental health support across services, managing teams, and delivering interventions for complex emotional needs. Candidates should be HPCP accredited with significant experience in trauma-focused therapy. The position offers competitive pay and the chance to impact community mental health positively.

Qualifications

• 2 years post qualification experience required.
• Experience delivering trauma-focused interventions.
• Experience in Access/Primary Care mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Lead locality team delivering evidence-based interventions.
• Provide specialist assessment and therapy (CBT/DBT).
• Contribute to audit, research, and service development.

Skills

Leadership

Trauma-focused interventions

Clinical supervision

Education

HPCP accredited clinical/counseling psychologist

BABCP Accredited Therapist

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic psychologist to work across two innovative services in Wiltshire. This role offers the chance to develop your leadership skills by supporting a growing brief psychological intervention service as well as working within a busy MDT providing assessment, formulation, and brief interventions for a wide range of mental health needs. The Primary Care Complex Emotional Needs Service (PC CEN) delivers brief psychological support for individuals with emotional and relational difficulties, associated with personality disorder.

With additional investment the service will expand to also offer intervention to people with complex PTSD who may fall between the gap between primary and secondary MH services. The Primary Care Liaison Service (PCLS) provides mental health triage, assessment, brief interventions, advice, and signposting for diverse mental health issues.

You will link with the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS) for this part of the role.

Main duties of the job

This role involves working between the PC CEN Service and PCLS covering North and South Wiltshire. Your line management will be held with the PC CEN Service, although you be linked with the Wiltshire PTS service.

As PC CEN Psychologist, you will lead the locality team as the service expands, managing therapists and MHWP's to deliver safe, evidence-based interventions for clients with complex emotional needs and cPTSD.

As PCLS Psychologist, you will collaborate within the MDT to provide assessment, formulation, brief interventions, and signposting for a wide range of mental health presentations.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata (pending pay award)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-WTS138-0725

Job locations

Green Lane Hospital/Fountain Way

Marshall Road

Devizes

SN10 5DS

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy (CBT / DBT informed) to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients care and management in relation to the service.

To clinically supervise other therapists and other professionals in the team in addition to taking on line management responsibilities for some.

To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the complex emotional needs pathway.

To develop and deliver training in complex emotional needs and trauma informed care for multidisciplinary staff.

Contribute to continued service development and audit

Participate in CPD and other developmental activities

As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting.

Job description Job responsibilities

To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy (CBT / DBT informed) to patients and carers as appropriate to the service.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients care and management in relation to the service.

To clinically supervise other therapists and other professionals in the team in addition to taking on line management responsibilities for some.

To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the complex emotional needs pathway.

To develop and deliver training in complex emotional needs and trauma informed care for multidisciplinary staff.

Contribute to continued service development and audit

Participate in CPD and other developmental activities

As the PCLS psychologist, you will work closely with the other members of the MDT to ensure that service users receive a high quality assessment and intervention/ onward signposting.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist

Desirable

• BABCP Accredited Therapist
• Leadership experience / training

Experience Essential

• 2 year post qualification experience
• Experience of delivering trauma focused interventions i.e. TF-CBT
• Experience of working in Access / Primary Care mental health services
• Experience of working in to an MDT

Desirable

• EMDR Trained
• MBT/DBT Trained
• Experience of providing brief interventions

Experience Essential

• Experience of delivering clinical supervision
• Experience of delivering line management supervision

Desirable

• BABCP accredited supervisor

Experience Essential

• Experience of delivering training

Desirable

• Experience of designing training
• Relevant R&D clinical audit work post qualification

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• HPCP accredited clinical/counselling psychologist

Desirable

• BABCP Accredited Therapist
• Leadership experience / training

Experience Essential

• 2 year post qualification experience
• Experience of delivering trauma focused interventions i.e. TF-CBT
• Experience of working in Access / Primary Care mental health services
• Experience of working in to an MDT

Desirable

• EMDR Trained
• MBT/DBT Trained
• Experience of providing brief interventions

Experience Essential

• Experience of delivering clinical supervision
• Experience of delivering line management supervision

Desirable

• BABCP accredited supervisor

Experience Essential

• Experience of delivering training

Desirable

• Experience of designing training
• Relevant R&D clinical audit work post qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Green Lane Hospital/Fountain Way

Marshall Road

Devizes

SN10 5DS

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Green Lane Hospital/Fountain Way

Marshall Road

Devizes

SN10 5DS

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)