Clinical Psychologist

Integrated Care System; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Psychologist to join their Older Adult Functional Mental Health Team. This role involves conducting psychological assessments and delivering interventions while supervising junior colleagues. Applicants should possess a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and experience in mental health with older adults. Opportunities for training and CPD will be provided, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including excellent leave entitlements and wellness support.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Wellbeing support

Staff networks and support groups

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC.
• Experience working with older adults facing mental health challenges.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments for older adults.
• Deliver psychological interventions and supervise junior staff.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve targets.

Skills

Psychological assessment

Team collaboration

Clinical supervision

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 17 August 2025

Clinical Psychologist - Band 8a (0.6 WTE). (We will consider applications from those who are newly qualified and would like to come in on a preceptorship)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist to work our Older Adult Functional Mental Health Team.

The post holder will provide specialist psychological assessments and specialist individual and group psychological interventions.

They will offer Team Formulations, supervision for Team colleagues and junior psychology colleagues and be involved in the provision of psychological skills training. They will also support with audits, research and service developments.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will carry out psychological assessments, deliver specialist psychological interventions and provide supervision to junior members of Psychology Staff including Assistant Psychologists, Mental Health & Well-being Practitioners and Trainee Clinical Psychologists.

The post holder will also provide supervision and consultation to MDT colleagues, attend MDT meetings and offer Team Formulations.

The post holder will often be required to work alongside colleagues from other agencies including Care Homes, Primary Care, Social Care, Physical Health, Voluntary Sector partners and the wider secondary mental health services.

The Older Adult Mental Health team consists of a mix of colleagues including Community Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Mental health and wellbeing practitioners, Team Manager and Lead Nurse.

The post holder will have access to supervision from a Principal Clinical Psychologist and line management from a senior nursing colleague. They will be offered training and CPD opportunities within the mental health trust.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

To support the systematic provision of specialist Secondary Care Psychological interventions for older adult patients.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation and therapy, and to provide a Trusted Assessment role in the service if required.

To hold a clinical case load of more complex cases that may involve more integrated multi-agency working.

To provide clinical supervision to junior members of the Psychology Team including Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners, Clinical Associate Psychologists, Trainee Clinical Psychologists, Trainee CBT Therapists, in order to ensure that they safely carry out their clinical work.

To supervise and support the work provided by other clinicians involved with these services, working autonomously within professional guidelines, exercising full clinical responsibility, and implementing changes where necessary.

To work co-operatively with multidisciplinary colleagues to achieve service outcomes and targets.

Person Specification

Role requirements

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Eligible to register with HCPC
• Previous experience of working with Older People with mental health problems
• Full driving licence

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust