Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Development Role
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work in Adult Mental Health Neighbourhood Mental Health Services in Worcestershire, focusing on individuals with Psychosis and Bipolar. The post holder will deliver core psychology values and clinical practice, working with a diverse service user group with complex mental health needs. This is a development role, starting at Band 7 and progressing to Band 8a upon successful completion of a development plan. The role offers opportunities for teaching, training, research, and supervision, with a strong emphasis on personal and professional development.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver Clinical or Counselling Psychology core values and clinical practice.
- Work with a diverse service user group presenting with Psychosis or Bipolar with a range of complex mental health needs.
- Provide psychological assessments and formulations with individuals presenting with Psychosis or Bipolar with complex psychological presentations.
- Be involved with Group work.
- Provide team consultation, reflective practice, supervision, research and teaching as appropriate for the working hours.
Essential criteria
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Significant experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment
Desirable criteria
- Experience in appropriate and up to date methods in dealing with patients who may be very distressed, have cognitive impairment, may be aggressive, or have a history of developmental trauma
- Experience of strategic planning and service development
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to trainees, assistant psychologists and/or other professionals
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Evidence of regular continuing professional development through further professional training and experience, as required by the
- HCPC and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Additional Criteria
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Previous publications in either peer reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books.
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches and assessment for people with psychological problems, including specialised psychological assessments and interventions
- Evidence of regular professional training and experience as required by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) in order to maintain exceptionally specialist skills in psychotherapy
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidance and their implications for clinical practice
- Doctoral level knowledge of research design and methodology, including the use and limitations of complex multivariate data analysis and qualitative methods as practiced within the field of Clinical /Counselling Psychology
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Significant experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment
- Experience in appropriate and up to date methods in dealing with patients who may be very distressed, have cognitive impairment, may be aggressive, or have a history of developmental trauma
- Experience of strategic planning and service development
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to trainees, assistant psychologists and/or other professionals
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
- Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
- Evidence of regular continuing professional development through further professional training and experience, as required by the
- HCPC and the BPS
- Eligible for registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Registered with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- Additional Criteria
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Previous publications in either peer reviewed academic or professional journal and/or books.
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches and assessment for people with psychological problems, including specialised psychological assessments and interventions
- Evidence of regular professional training and experience as required by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) in order to maintain exceptionally specialist skills in psychotherapy
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidance and their implications for clinical practice
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Development Role
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
We would like to appoint a
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to work in the Adult Mental Health (AMH)
Neighbourhood Mental Health Services (NMHS) in Worcestershire to particularly
work with people who present with Psychosis and Bipolar. The
NMHS teams have integrated psychological pathways for individuals who present
with moderate/severe, severe/enduring, psychosis/bipolar and emotional
regulation difficulties. We aspire to
encourage a sense of empowerment in our service users through working with
trauma informed service delivery.
The
post holder will deliver Clinical or Counselling Psychology core values and
clinical practice, will work with a diverse service user group presenting with
Psychosis or Bipolar with a range of complex mental health needs.
The
post holder will have the opportunity to input into teaching, training,
research and supervision. We have excellent links with the local doctorate
training courses and offer training placements.
This
post is a Band 7, development role, which will move to a Band 8a upon
successful completion of a development plan.
We welcome applications for full time working but would be happy to
discuss alternative working hours as necessary.
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