Search for more NHS jobs in Coventry
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a psychotherapist with a passion for Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) and demonstrable experience in delivery to join the Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma (PACT) Specialist Psychotherapies Service.
The role will involve working towards leadership of the MBT programme including supervision. This requires accreditation as an Anna Freud Centre Supervisor or eligibility to enter the supervisor pathway and a commitment to achieve supervisor status within 12 months of commencing the programme.
The post also includes opportunities to become involved in projects with our forensic community service and with our Dissociative Disorders service.
The base for this post is Warwick with an expectation that the appointee would also develop our presence in North Warwickshire. The post may be suitable for hybrid working between home and base(s).
Main duties of the job
Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma (PACT) Specialist Psychotherapies Service delivers MBT, DBT and psychotherapy to service users presenting with complex trauma and who may meet the criteria for personality disorders.
We strongly encourage applications from psychotherapists with an interest in research and quality improvement, and from psychotherapists interested in career progression to Consultant Grade in the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the main responsibilities of the post.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Requirement to travel throughout the area covered by the Trust’s services
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in the assessment and treatment of personality disorders.
- Experience of supervision of Psychotherapists
- Experience of Research & Development
- Experience of personal therapy or personal development work and the ability to reflect on practice/ interventions
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Psychotherapy training to master’s level (or equivalent) with significant post qualifying experience
- Formal training in group analysis, or group psychotherapy. Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) Qualifying Course
- Core Training (Medicine, HCPC Practitioner Psychologist, RMN, Social Work, OT, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Drama Therapy) or demonstrable experience of delivering treatment within statutory services
- Accredited AFC Mentalization Based Treatment Supervisor or commitment to achieve accreditation.
- Accredited AFC Mentalization Based Treatment Practitioner.
- Completed AFC MBT Basic and Practitioner Training.
- Extensive and Current experience with Treatment of P.D.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Proven Management skills including delegation, management of change, supervision and managing resources
- Experience of providing clinical Supervision
- Ability to clinically lead and motivate a team of diverse professionals
- Ability to work under own initiative and to work under pressure
- Excellent clinical assessment skills of complex clinical presentations requiring sensitivity to unconscious processes
- Ability to identify psychodynamic and diagnostic formulations where expert opinions may differ.
- Significant experience of working with people with personality disorder.
- Previous experience of group psychotherapy interventions
- Expertise in assessing and treating patients with personality disorder.
WhatsApp job alerts
Get instant WhatsApp alerts for Band 8 Psychology roles in Coventry
Create your Job Clerk account first. We'll collect your alert preferences during onboarding and help you turn on WhatsApp notifications for matching healthcare roles.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Principal Adult Psychotherapist with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust in Coventry, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
Before you apply, compare the job description with the person specification and mirror the employer's essential criteria in your supporting information. Use the vacancy title, employer, location, salary, contract type, closing date and posted date (20 Jul 2026) to decide whether this role fits your current NHS job search. If the employer can close applications early, prepare the application before the stated deadline rather than waiting for the final day.
For more context, review related Job Clerk pages for the same profession, band or location where they exist, then use the application-support guides to tailor your statement and prepare for interview.