Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Adult Community

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester (VT); On-site; USD 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Relocation package

Excellent pension

Staff discounts

Season ticket loans

Job share

Job summary

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester, North East Essex, is recruiting a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join Adult Community Psychological Services on a full-time basis (37.5 hours per week). The post offers opportunities to work with service users with complex presentations within MDTs and to gain experience in specialist interventions (e.g., EMDR, DBT, CAT).

You may be appointed at Band 7 with a development plan toward Band 8A; the role requires collaboration with

Job description

Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Adult Community

A Vacancy at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

We have a full time (37.5 hours per week) vacancy for a Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our supportive and creative Adult Community Psychological (ACP) services in North East Essex.

The post holder will work in collaboration with colleagues, service users, carers, and other services and partner organisations towards the overall provision a high quality and trauma informed specialist mental health provision.

We are integrated within MDTs covering a broad geographical area, with bases in Colchester and Tendring. This post will be primarily Colchester based but some flexibility will be required on the basis of client and service need.

We welcome newly qualified applicants who can initially be appointed at a band 7 with a supportive development plan to work towards an 8A position.

You will be working alongside a variety of professionals from different backgrounds. We focus on providingpsychological interventions to service users with highly complex and severe presentations who are also under the care of our specialist community teams. The post-holder will be expected to become proficient in the delivery of one or more specialist evidence based psychological interventions (e.g. EMDR, DBT, CAT, Schema Therapy) and contribute to the management and running of these programmes. We are looking for someone skilled in multi-disciplinary treatment planning, who can form respectful and collegial relationships with members of various disciplines and rise to the challenges posed by working in large teams and across services.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within supportive MDTs and highly experienced clinical/counselling psychology and psychotherapy colleagues. We are looking for someone competent and experienced in delivering psychological assessments and interventions who is capable of working compassionately and confidently in the context of high levels of risk. Experience of offering consultations and developing clinical formulations is essential. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate experience withclients who experience severe emotional dysregulation and distress, often with a history of complex trauma.

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description and person specification documents in this advert.

To learn more about working within our Services at EPUT, please view our recruitment videos, where members of the team share their experiences and insights into their roles and what it is like working within our Psychological Services, here at EPUT.

Please view our video link here:Psychological Services

This advert closes on Sunday 25 Oct 2026