Principal Clinical Psychologist FTC

NHS; Lea Marston CP; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is looking for a Principal Clinical Psychologist for a maternity cover secondment. The role involves providing clinical assessments and supervising team members. Applicants should have post-graduate training in psychology and be registered with the HCPC. Competitive benefits and professional development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Post-graduate training in applied psychology required.
• Registered with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist.
• Post-doctoral training in specialized areas is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical assessments and formulations.
• Provide person-centered psychological interventions.
• Support training and supervision of the psychology team.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical assessment

Supervision

Interventions

Team collaboration

Education

Post-graduate doctoral training in applied psychology

Registration with HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Principal Clinical Psychologist FTC

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

The closing date is 23 November 2025

Inpatient Services for people with Intellectual Disabilities Specialist Assessment and Treatment Services (SATs) & Adolescent Unit, Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green, Birmingham

Principal Clinical Psychologist - Band 8b

Secondment Opportunity - 0.6 WTE - 9 months (maternity cover)

We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic clinical psychologist to join our team on a 9 month (maternity cover) secondment in the assessment and treatment and adolescent inpatient services for people with Intellectual Disabilities at Brooklands Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team supporting adults and young people and will take a lead role within the service, using the wide range of their clinical psychology skills, including:

• Specialist clinical assessment & formulation
• Person-centred interventions (individual / group)
• Support to staff from other disciplines to undertake psychological interventions
• Care planning using a Positive Behavioural Support approach
• Facilitating team reflective practice
• Supervision and training for members of the psychology team and other professions

Psychological input is highly valued by the MDT and there is an emphasis on close working with colleagues from psychiatry, nursing, speech & language therapy, occupational therapy, music therapy and teaching.

The SATS and CAMHS Psychological Services team are part of a wider Psychological Services team on the Brooklands site, which is a well-established and supportive service. Successful applicants will receive good quality supervision and support to further develop their skills and knowledge.

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

The successful post holder will have post qualification experience including experience working with individuals whose behaviour presents a challenge to services. We would welcome applications from individuals who are currently in an 8a role, but are looking to progress into an 8b position.

For details of main responsibilities of the role, please see the attached job description.

For further information please contact Dr Claire David, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 0121 329 4987 or via email at [e-mail]. If you have difficulties please contact the Partnership Trust Recruitment Team on 02476 588840 or email [e-mail]

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 Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.

Knowledge

• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies especially as they relate to people with learning disabilities.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Experience

• Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups.
• Experience of working with people whose behaviour presents a challenge to 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 criminal convictions.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust