Principle Clinical Psychologist | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Coventry is seeking a passionate Principal Clinical Psychologist to improve outcomes for young people. The role requires expertise in working with autistic individuals and those with learning disabilities. Join a dynamic team focusing on consultation, training, and research while enjoying generous benefits and opportunities for development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people who have a learning disability and mental health needs.
• Ability to engage in crisis response and urgent care.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments and psychological interventions.
• Collaborate within the service and attend multi-disciplinary teams.
• Contribute to service development and research.

Skills

Experience with autistic young people

Crisis response

Multi-disciplinary working

Systemic approaches

Education

Registration as a chartered psychologist

Job description

Overview

Band 8B 0.8 hours (30 hours). Base: Wayside House Coventry. As part of your role you will be required to travel throughout Coventry and Warwickshire. This role also incorporates remote and agile working.

We “The Childrens Intensive Support Team” are seeking a committed and passionate Principal Clinical Psychologist looking for an opportunity to make a difference in improving outcomes for our young people. In addition to providing a high quality, specialist applied psychology service the post holder will join the Children’s IST Leadership Team and be responsible, in conjunction with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, for the supervision and governance of the team. In addition, to support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training.

We are a rapidly evolving service and as such there will considerable opportunities to utilise research, audit and service development skills across the service. The ability to respond quickly and confidently within crisis situations is an essential part of this role.

The teams work systemically to understand and support the significant impact and challenges experienced by our service users. To do this, we work with the network around the person (e.g., Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a Clinical Psychologist you will have experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working as you will need to attend regular MDTs, CETRs and EMDTs.

The successful applicant will be required to provide input to the service in the form of specialist assessments and psychological interventions, team formulation, consultation, training, service evaluation and supervision of other qualified staff.

Your role will entail working directly with the service users and their families or carers and, as such, experience of working with young people who are autistic or have a learning disability and have mental health needs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments, psychological interventions, team formulation, consultation, training, service evaluation and supervision of other qualified staff.
• Work directly with service users and families/carers; experience with autistic young people or those with learning disabilities and mental health needs is essential.
• Collaborate within the service, MDTs, CETRs and EMDTs; engage in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
• Support psychological practice within the team through supervision, formulation and training; contribute to service development and research.
• Contribute to governance and supervision as part of the IST Leadership Team, in conjunction with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

Qualifications and Experience

• Registration as a chartered psychologist with relevant UK body and eligibility for NHS Practice.
• Experience of working with young people who are autistic or have a learning disability and mental health needs.
• Experience of systemic, neuroaffirmative approaches and understanding of family relationships; knowledge of team formulations and strengths and challenges approach is desirable.
• Ability to engage in crisis response and urgent care within a fast-paced service.
• Willingness to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire; car owner/driver or suitable transport arrangements required.

Benefits and Working Arrangements

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases with service length.
• Learning and development opportunities including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics; gym membership and more.
• Discounts with retailers, restaurants and entertainment through NHS schemes; wellbeing support and counselling services.
• Staff networks and support groups.

Additional Information

Other responsibilities include providing consultation within the MDT and externally, joint working with other agencies, participation in service development, research and business meetings, and supervision of psychology staff or team members providing psychologically informed interventions.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we mature and expand and continue to look for innovative ways to support the people we work with. If you are passionate and motivated to work with people with Learning Disability/Autism then we want to hear from you.

Applicants who do not meet the criteria for the band 8b role will also be considered for the band 8A role and job description (available under additional documents on NHS Jobs). This will be discussed as part of the interview process and with the preferred candidate as appropriate.

The role is community based and requires travel across the Trust; car owner/driver or suitable transport arrangements are essential. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.

For further information please contact Dr Yve Griffin, Interim Consultant Clinical Psychologist ([e-mail]) or Dr Becky Shaw (Principal) ([e-mail]).

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025