Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-7046102A-CG
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Avenue House
- Town
- Nuneaton
- Salary
- 拢46,148 - 拢52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Psychosis Research
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
鈥We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.鈥
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received.听Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.听 听If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.
Job overview
This is an exciting new research post to deliver new psychological therapies for patients with psychosis as a part of the national Sleeping Better and Feeling Safer clinical trials. The role will support delivery of trials locally and be based within the community mental health services at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.
Each trial tests new psychological treatments for patients with psychosis or at high-risk for psychosis. These large clinical trials will take place in NHS mental health services at sites across England and Scotland. Each site will work closely together and comprise of established site leads, a clinical/counselling psychologist, an assistant psychologist, graduate mental health worker, peer worker and research assistants. The post holder will have a key role in the projects. They will deliver the new treatments, supervise others in delivering the therapies, and coordinate the trials locally. This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant clinical research community working to improve treatments for people with psychosis.
This role would suit someone interested in developing and delivering effective psychological treatments for psychosis, and includes both clinical and research opportunities. For newly qualified psychologists, there will be a route for progression to Band 8a. The post is substantive and after these trial roles have finished you will take up further research and/or clinical roles within our community mental health services.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join a large community of clinical researchers working to improve treatments for people with psychosis. The post-holder will have a central role in the Sleeping Better and Feeling Safer trials, being responsible for the day-to-day delivery within CWPT. This will include delivering psychological therapy, supervising research assistants in the recruitment and assessment of trial participants, and supervising other clinicians in the delivery of the interventions. You will be accountable to the site Principal Investigator Dr Gary Willington, and you will receive supervision from Prof Daniel Freeman and Dr Felicity Waite from the lead site: Oxford. The position would suit a clinician with strong interests in cognitive therapy, treatment innovation, and clinical trials.
The post holder will be expected to support and promote a set of values that maximise the potential of individuals by promoting their recovery with the aim of reducing social exclusion, stigma and the potentially disabling effects of severe mental illness.
We actively support high quality research and want to attract psychologists interested in participating in NIHR and Wellcome Trust funded multi-centre research trials into psychological interventions for psychosis.听
Working for our organisation
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 鈥榩eople at our heart鈥; 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:
路听听听听听听听听 generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
路听听听听听听听听 excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
路听听听听听听听听 salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
路听听听听听听听听 discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
路听听听听听听听听 wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
路听听听听听听听听 staff networks and support groups
We鈥檙e 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.
Detailed job description and main 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:
Essential criteria:听
鈥 听 听Have an interest in providing psychological interventions for psychosis and have experience of working with people and their carers in secondary care mental health.
鈥 听 听Experience of clinical research (such as research completed during clinical psychology training) and the necessary skills to support the day-to-day delivery of the Sleeping Better and Feeling Safer trial within CWPT and neighbouring Trusts.听
鈥 听 听Hold a current professional registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist by the time you take up the post.听
鈥 听 听Ability to travel during the working day over a large geographical area and work flexibly with the needs of the client group and trial. You will be based in North Warwickshire and are likely to travel throughout CWPT and neighbouring participating Trusts. On occasion, you will be expected to travel to other trial sites including Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, and Oxford.听
Desirable:
鈥 听 听Experience of applying cognitive behavioural approached to psychosis.听
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 鈥渟upporting documents鈥.
In these instances, the successful candidate would be appointed to a 鈥渄evelopment post鈥 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. 听In the event that elements of the expected competencies to progress to Band 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.
Please note: 听It is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.听
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC
- A recognised qualification, current training or commitment to undertake training in CBT for psychosis
- Expertise and/or training in Clinical Supervision for doctorate level trainees as may supervise trainee clinical Psychologist
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of highly specialist assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group.
- Well developed communication skills, suitable to the specialty.
- Knowledge of research and audit methodology suitable to the job
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gary Willington
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07721 880505
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