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Job overview
We are seeking a Practitioner Psychologist with a commitment to inclusion, equity, and culturally responsive care, to provide clinical leadership to a service supporting the mental health and well-being of migrant and refugee communities.
This Band 8c Practitioner Psychologist role offers a rare and exciting opportunity to serve as Clinical Lead for our Migrant Mental Health Service.
As Clinical Lead, you will hold overall responsibility for the strategic leadership, clinical quality, ensuring the service is accessible, culturally informed, and trauma-aware. You will play a central role in shaping the future of migrant mental health provision in Coventry and Warwickshire.
What We’re Looking For
You will be a highly experienced and compassionate Practitioner Psychologist with strong leadership skills, understanding of trauma in relation to sanctuary seeking communities, and a commitment to co-production and culturally responsive practice ,where your expertise will help build a service that is responsive, compassionate, and transformative.
You will be confident in leading complex services, providing effective support to staff, and influencing systems to reduce inequalities and improve access to care. The service works with both individuals and families, the ideal candidate will bring experience of working therapeutically with both adults and children and young people, and will be able to integrate this across a whole-family approach to care.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership for the Coventry and Warwickshire Migrant Mental Health team.
- Lead the ongoing development of the service, including referral pathways and the evolution of the clinical offer, actively incorporating the views and lived experience of service users.
- Develop the staffing structure for the Migrant Mental Health Service and develop clear, robust job plans that support high-quality, sustainable care.
- Ensure appropriate clinical supervision is provided to the psychological professions staff working in the team.
- Ensure the delivery of a culturally appropriate service, including the effective use of mental-health-trained interpreters.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary partners and colleagues to achieve agreed service outcomes and targets.
- Contribute actively to policy development, service improvement, and strategic planning across the wider system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working with migrant and refugee communities
- Experience of working with a range of clients, presenting a range of clinical severity and maintenance of professionalism in challenging circumstances.
- Experience of tailoring psychological assessment and intervention to individual needs.
- Experience of a senior clinical leadership role, with evidence of leading a team and working with internal and external system partners.
- experience of working therapeutically with both adults and children and young people, and will be able to integrate this across a whole-family approach to care.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC in Clinical or Counselling Psychology or equivalent. Further post – doctoral qualification / registration
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- 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.
- Experience in providing consultancy to colleagues.
- Knowledge of research and service evaluation methodology.
- Skills in the application of models of clinical supervision within the context of individual and team approaches.
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This advert is for Consultant Practitioner Psychologist with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in Coventry, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £79,504 - £91,609 Per annum Pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Jul 2026.
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