Clinical/Counselling Psychologist – Development Role: Sponsorship Available

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job summary

We would like to appoint a
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work in the Adult Mental Health (AMH)
Neighbourhood Mental Health Services (NMHS) in Worcestershire to particularly
work with people who present with Psychosis and Bipolar. The
NMHS teams have integrated psychological pathways for individuals who present
with moderate/severe, severe/enduring, psychosis/bipolar and emotional
regulation difficulties. We aspire to
encourage a sense of empowerment in our service users through working with
trauma informed service delivery.

The
post holder will deliver Clinical or Counselling Psychology core values and
clinical practice, will work with a diverse service user group presenting with
Psychosis or Bipolar with a range of complex mental health needs.

The
post holder will have the opportunity to input into teaching, training,
research and supervision. We have excellent links with the local doctorate
training courses and offer training placements.

This
post is a Band 7, development role, which will move to a Band 8a upon
successful completion of a development plan.
We welcome applications for full time working but would be happy to
discuss alternative working hours as necessary.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral member of the NMHS,
working with other psychologists and mental health professionals. They will be
a valued member of the psychology provision within the Trust. As a development role supported personal and
professional development will be a priority.

The
post holder would work individually, providing psychological assessments and
formulations with individuals presenting with Psychosis or Bipolar with complex
psychological presentations. They would also be involved with Group work. The post holder would be supported to
provide team consultation, reflective practice, supervision, research and
teaching as appropriate for the working hours.
We provide both in person and virtual interventions alongside applied
psychological ways of working with MDT colleagues.

The post holder will receive both clinical supervision
and line management. Priority will be
given to wellbeing and personal and professional development.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
  • Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
  • Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
  • Significant experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
  • Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
  • Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment

Desirable

  • Experience in appropriate and up to date methods in dealing with patients who may be very distressed, have cognitive impairment, may be aggressive, or have a history of developmental trauma
  • Experience of strategic planning and service development
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision to trainees, assistant psychologists and/or other professionals

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
  • Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
  • Evidence of regular continuing professional development through further professional training and experience, as required by the
  • HCPC and the BPS
  • Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
  • Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

Desirable

  • Previous publications in either peer reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
  • Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches and assessment for people with psychological problems, including specialised psychological assessments and interventions
  • Evidence of regular professional training and experience as required by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) in order to maintain exceptionally specialist skills in psychotherapy
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidance and their implications for clinical practice

Desirable

  • Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including the use and limitations of complex multivariate data analysis and qualitative methods as practiced within the field of Clinical /Counselling Psychology

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.