Practitioner Psychologist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in Birmingham is seeking a HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist to join the inpatient learning disability services at Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green. The post is advertised at band 8a, with a development post at band 7 for newly qualified psychologists.

The role sits within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, delivering assessments, individual and group therapies, supervision, and training, while contributing to service development,

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology (HCPC approved).
• Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Experience with people with learning disabilities and autism; inpatient experience preferred.
• Experience supervising doctoral trainees.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input via assessments.
• Deliver individual and group therapies.
• Participate in team formulation and reflective practice.
• Support other staff to undertake psychological interventions.
• Provide training and supervision to others.
• Contribute to and lead on service development projects.
• Carry out audit and research.

Education

Doctoral level training in applied psychology

HCPC-registered Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Practitioner Psychologist

The closing date is 18 November 2026

Inpatient Services for people with Intellectual Disabilities, Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green, Birmingham

Part-time 0.7wte

Do you enjoy working creatively?

Are you passionate about making a difference to people's lives?

Do you enjoy working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team?

We have an opportunity for a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist to join the team working within the inpatient learning disability services at Brooklands. The post is advertised at band 8a, but we are able to accept applications from newly qualifying / soon to qualify psychologists seeking a band 7-8a development post.

Psychologists in the services are fully integrated within collaborative multi-disciplinary teams, whilst also working closely with other psychologists on service development projects, to deliver training and develop groups and other interventions. The contribution of psychological services is highly valued within the teams and service management, and the team are often involved in developing innovative solutions to service needs.

Ideally applicants will have experience of working with people with Intellectual Disabilities in community or inpatient settings. However, we would welcome applications from individuals with experience in other settings who are interested in working in this area and can demonstrate commitment to this client group.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will use the whole range of their psychological skills and experience.
• Provide clinical input in the form of assessments.
• Deliver individual and group therapies.
• Participate in team formulation and reflective practice.
• Support other staff to undertake psychological interventions.
• Provide training and supervision to others.
• Contribute to and lead on service development projects.
• Carry out audit and research.

Working for your organisation

The service is part of a wider Psychological Services team at Brooklands. The psychology department is a well-established and supportive service. Successful applicants will receive support to further develop their skills and knowledge, through good quality supervision and training opportunities.

Positive Behavioural Support is a major part of our treatment philosophy. The service ethos is to ensure that effective, evidence-based interventions are provided to people who present considerable risk to themselves or others, to ensure they can return to a less restrictive environment in the community as soon as possible.

The service has strong links with local clinical psychology training courses and regularly provides placements for trainee clinical psychologists, supervision for research, and teaching on the local courses. There are also strong links with Community Learning Disability and Intensive Support teams across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

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

For full details of the role, please see the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications.

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 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.

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 Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Experience

• Experience of working with individuals with a learning disability and comorbid differences such as autism, mental health conditions.
• Experience of working in inpatient settings
• Postgraduate experience / training and skills in supervision including the supervision of doctoral trainees

Knowledge

• Knowledge and application of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and the legal context of inpatient services.
• Committed to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with other members with the Psychological Services.

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