# 7 - 8a Applied psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/7-8a-applied-psychologist/8cf94fd1-60ec-4bbf-85dc-c8ef20fd3751 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/7-8a-applied-psychologist/8cf94fd1-60ec-4bbf-85dc-c8ef20fd3751.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Dudley - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Cover an existing staff member's leave) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week (0.6WTE) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T13:51:43.760Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Midlands/Wolverhampton/Black_Country_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Applied_Psychology/Applied_Psychology-v8019195 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8019195?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHFT) is delighted to be advertising a fixed term, part-time Psychological Therapy opportunity for an AFC qualified Band 7 or 8a roles in Wolverhampton Adult Secondary Care Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). Psychology is a vital and influential field, represented at every level in our Trust, including the roles of our Chief Therapies Officer, and also our Chief Clinical Information Officer who are both Consultant Clinical Psychologists. In the CMHTS, we are a combination of Practitioner Psychologists, CBT Therapists and DBT Therapists offering a range of group and individual therapies in line with recovery models of care and trauma-informed practice. ### Main duties of the job There are opportunities to apply and develop your time limited psychological skills in CBT and DBT. We treat clients with a range of complex mental health problems including C-PTSD, personality disorders, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and moderate to severe presentations of depression and anxiety including OCD, health anxiety, and social anxiety, including comorbidities. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone wishing to extend their experience in secondary care mental health. Black Country CMHTs have a strong multi-disciplinary ethos, with good links with staff from Tier 1 (Primary Care and Talking Therapies), our Recovery College and VCSE partners. Specialist services support the CMHTs: Complex Emotional Needs; Eating Disorders; Perinatal; 18-25s Transitions Team; Early Intervention in Psychosis; Clinical Health Psychology. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of specialist psychological care to clients with complex mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities which may include challenging behaviours. - To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families. - To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health or learning disabilities. - To promote at all times a positive image of the service and the wider Trust. - Exercise supervisory/professional responsibility for other psychological therapists - Provide leadership in multi-disciplinary training and development - Provide leadership in service audit and development - Provide leadership in service evaluation and research - Ensure that a psychological perspective is brought to service redesign and cultural change ## Job Details The Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHFT) is delighted to be advertising a fixed term, part-time Psychological Therapy opportunity for an AFC qualified Band 7 or 8a roles in Wolverhampton Adult Secondary Care Community Mental Health Team (CMHT). Psychology is a vital and influential field, represented at every level in our Trust, including the roles of our Chief Therapies Officer, and also our Chief Clinical Information Officer who are both Consultant Clinical Psychologists. In the CMHTS, we are a combination of Practitioner Psychologists, CBT Therapists and DBT Therapists offering a range of group and individual therapies in line with recovery models of care and trauma-informed practice. ## Job Description There are opportunities to apply and develop your time limited psychological skills in CBT and DBT. We treat clients with a range of complex mental health problems including C-PTSD, personality disorders, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and moderate to severe presentations of depression and anxiety including OCD, health anxiety, and social anxiety, including comorbidities. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone wishing to extend their experience in secondary care mental health. Black Country CMHTs have a strong multi-disciplinary ethos, with good links with staff from Tier 1 (Primary Care and Talking Therapies), our Recovery College and VCSE partners. Specialist services support the CMHTs: Complex Emotional Needs; Eating Disorders; Perinatal; 18-25s Transitions Team; Early Intervention in Psychosis; Clinical Health Psychology. ## Responsibilities Accountable for own professional practice in the delivery of specialist psychological care to clients with complex mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities which may include challenging behaviours. To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families. To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health or learning disabilities. To promote at all times a positive image of the service and the wider Trust. Exercise supervisory/professional responsibility for other psychological therapists Provide leadership in multi-disciplinary training and development Provide leadership in service audit and development Provide leadership in service evaluation and research Ensure that a psychological perspective is brought to service redesign and cultural change ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence- based practice relevant to the role - Risk assessment and risk management - Clinical governance - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group (define if required) and mental health. - Audit and research methodology - Social Inclusion agenda - Awareness of the Trust’s Quality Improvement System ### Experience **Essential** - Working with mental health/learning disability clients (depending on designated service area - Multi-disciplinary team working **Desirable** - Experience of CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, systemic therapy - Experience of research and audit ### Education/Qualifications **Essential** - Post-graduate doctoral level training in Applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology - HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Post-graduate qualification showing evidence of supervised practice in an evidence-based psychological therapeutic model - Registration with BPS ### Skills/Personal qualities **Essential** - Communicate complex and highly sensitive information effectively, to a wide range of people - Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions relevant to the client group (define) - Provide (within agreed timescale) effective teaching, training, consultancy and clinical supervision - Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities - Undertake complex multiagency working and liaise with multiple systems - Utilise psychometric tests competently - Identify, provide and promote appropriate interventions / means of support for carers and staff exposed to highly distressing situations and challenging behaviours - Utilise appropriate clinical governance mechanisms within own work. - Demonstrate effective keyboard skills - Committed to continual quality and service improvement **Desirable** - Self-aware and committed to professional and personal development. Able to accept and respond positively to feedback from supervision - Skills in using multimedia materials in presentations ## Documents - [applied psychologist (pdf, 661.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305497) - [applied psychologist (pdf, 686.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10305496) - [bchft anti racist declaration (pdf, 222.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2381) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.