# Practitioner Psychologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practitioner-psychologist/78563cd7-441e-44a9-b61f-cdad27fceb35 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/practitioner-psychologist/78563cd7-441e-44a9-b61f-cdad27fceb35.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - **Location:** Caludon Centre - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 0.7 session per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T13:00:53.491Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Birmingham/Coventry_Warwickshire_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Psychology/Psychology-v8324629 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324629?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Senior Psychologist Band 8a / Band 7 Development Post Inpatient Services for people with Intellectual Disabilities, Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green, Birmingham Part-time 0.7wte Do you enjoy working creatively? Are you passionate about making a difference to people’s lives? Do you enjoy working as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team? We have an opportunity for a HCPC registered practitioner psychologist to join the team working within the inpatient learning disability services at Brooklands. The post is advertised at band 8a, but we are able to accept applications from newly qualifying / soon to qualify psychologists seeking a band 7-8a development post. Psychologists in the services are fully integrated within collaborative multi-disciplinary teams, whilst also working closely with other psychologists on service development projects, to deliver training and develop groups and other interventions. The contribution of psychological services is highly valued within the teams and service management, and the team are often involved in developing innovative solutions to service needs. Ideally applicants will have experience of working with people with Intellectual Disabilities in community or inpatient settings. However, we would welcome applications from individuals with experience in other settings who are interested in working in this area and can demonstrate commitment to this client group. ### Main duties of the job Main duties of the job The post holder will use the whole range of their psychological skills and experience. This will include clinical input in the form of assessments, individual and group therapies, team formulation, reflective practice and supporting other staff to undertake psychological interventions. They will also be involved in providing training and supervision to others, and contributing to and leading on service development projects and undertaking audit and research. Working for your organisation The service is part of a wider Psychological Services team at Brooklands. The psychology department is a well-established and supportive service. Successful applicants will receive support to further develop their skills and knowledge, through good quality supervision and training opportunities. Positive Behavioural Support is a major part of our treatment philosophy. The service ethos is to ensure that effective, evidence-based interventions are provided to people who present considerable risk to themselves or others, to ensure they can return to a less restrictive environment in the community as soon as possible. The service has strong links with local clinical psychology training courses and regularly provides placements for trainee clinical psychologists, supervision for research, and teaching on the local courses. There are also strong links with Community Learning Disability and Intensive Support teams across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the role, please see the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications. 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 “additional documents” on NHS Jobs). In these instances, the successful candidate would be appointed to a “Development Post” role 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. In the event that elements of the expected competencies to progress to 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and application of the theory and practice of highly specialist psychological assessment methods and therapeutic approaches in relation to the client group. - Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and the legal context of inpatient services. - Committed to working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and with other members with the Psychological Services. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with individuals with a learning disability and comorbid differences such as autism, mental health conditions. - Experience of working in inpatient settings - Postgraduate experience / training and skills in supervision including the supervision of doctoral trainees ### Qualifications **Essential** - Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied psychology \[or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996 or outside the UK\] as approved by the HCPC - Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) ## Documents - [flexible working policy (pdf, 347.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1155) - [application guidance notes (pdf, 157.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1157) - [terms and conditions nhs jobs (pdf, 19.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1158) - [equality and diversity leaflets (pdf, 838.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1159) - [job description & person spec - 7 psychologist (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10646660) - [job description & person spec - 8a psychologist (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10646659) - [the prince's trust help 16-30 year olds into work (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2706) ## 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.