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Principal Clinical or Counselling Psychologist- North Warwickshire Early Intervention Service
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical or Counselling psychologist to join our North Warwickshire Early Intervention Service. The service provides biopsychosocial interventions for individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis or at risk mental state (ARMS). The service also provides carers support and Behavioural Family Therapy for families of individuals experiencing first episode of psychosis or ARMS.
Main duties of the job
You will join a multi-disciplinary team and be responsible for leading and overseeing psychological provision provided by others in the service. This will involve undertaking psychological assessments and formulations and the delivery of evidence based therapies for individuals with psychosis or ARMS and supervising others delivering therapies in the service.
The other psychological professionals in the team consist of a Senior Psychologist, CBTp Therapist and an Assistant Psychologist. The service has strong links with the Coventry and Warwickshire Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course. Therefore you will also be expected to support clinical psychology trainees and other psychological professionals in their training and development. Research is also highly valued and we welcome people who support our research vision.
You will also be expected to provide leadership and oversight around service development. You will need to work collaboratively with your peers and the leadership team across the Early Intervention Service to support with the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis (NCAP) standards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The psychological professionals’ team are dedicated to delivering evidence based therapies of CBT for psychosis and trauma focused therapies. Therefore for the post holder a recognised qualification, current training or commitment to undertake training in CBT for psychosis is highly desirable. In addition to holding a current professional registration with the HCPC as a clinical or counselling psychologist it would also be advantageous for the post holder to be BABCP accredited or willing to work towards accreditation.
Staff from the North Warwickshire Early Intervention Service have close links with other psychological professionals within the Trust though service development meetings, specialist interest groups, CPD events and our Annual Psychological Services Conference.
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
- Substantial experience of working with people in Secondary Care Mental Health Services
- 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 exercising full clinical responsibility for work
- Experience of teaching, training, and supervising of qualified staff and doctoral level trainees
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the HCPC in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Post-doctoral training relevant to the post
- Experience of team working
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of research and audit methodology suitable to the job
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This advert is for Principal Clinical/Counselling 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 £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 31 Jul 2026.
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