Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stratford-upon-Avon seeks a Clinical Psychologist for their Community Mental Health Team. You will work with individuals on psychosis and non-psychosis pathways, providing evidence-based interventions. The role emphasizes compassionate care and provides opportunities for professional development, with a strong commitment to improving client wellbeing.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Clinical experience working with a range of clients presenting with various clinical severity.
• Experience working with clients in SCMH and complex mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver recovery-focused interventions with support from a Principal Clinical Psychologist.
• Provide consultancy and training to the MDT.
• Participate in service development and research.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Therapeutic approaches

Working with complex mental health needs

Education

Post Graduate Doctoral level training in applied Psychology

Registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC

Job description

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 14 October 2025

This full-time post is within our Community Mental Health Team (psychosis pathway), based in the Warwick/Leamington or Stratford-upon-Avon locality.

Voices... trauma... visions... stigma... withdrawal... exclusion... depression... substance use. The people we support need a psychologist with a passion for working with people experiencing psychosis and who can work with them and their families to find a way to a meaningful recovery. Is this you?

Compassion... Respect.... Collaboration... Integrity... do you share our values?

Peer workers... multi-disciplinary teams... transformation... new partnerships... organisational change - do these excite you?

If the answer to these is 'Yes', we would love to hear from you.

You will work predominantly with people on our psychosis pathways but may also work with people on our non-psychosis mental health pathways. The work on the psychosis pathway is based on the FACT model and is aligned with a Recovery philosophy of service provision. Compassionate care is at the heart of what we do, and the contribution of psychology and provision of psychological interventions is welcome and highly valued. We have a strong commitment to provide an excellent standard of care and to continually improve, and we are keen see our psychologists flourish and develop through supervision, training and mentoring opportunities.

Main duties of the job

With the support and supervision of a Principal Clinical Psychologist you will work with colleagues to deliver Recovery focused interventions in the community. You will work with people with complex difficulties, their families and the teams who support them, delivering formulation and evidence-based interventions and support. You will be expected to promote values that seek to support recovery in this client group and maximise the potential of individuals with the aim of reducing social exclusion, stigma and the potentially disabling effects of psychosis.

You will support trainee clinical psychologists and psychological professionals in the service and provide consultancy and training to the wider MDT. You will be encouraged to take part in service development as we embed the Community Mental Transformation and develop an Enhanced Psychosis Pathway. Research is something that we value and we welcome your interest in this.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

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.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your 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

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

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Doctoral level training in applied Psychology ( or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK) as approved by the HCPC.
• Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC

Experience

• Clinical experience of working with a range of clients presenting with a range of clinical severity.
• Experience of working with people and their carers in SCMH, or with people with complex mental health needs in different settings.

Knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group and skills in applying this knowledge.
• Skills in applying this knowledge

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