Band 8a Later Life Clinical Counselling Psychologist - Warminster
Job summary
Looking for the range of clinical work found in a friendly Community Mental Health Team?
Still want the support of a Psychological Therapies Service?
Do you have an area of interest you'd like the support and autonomy to develop?
Then this is the role for you!
This application is open to experienced Clinical Psychologists. The vacancy is within the West Wiltshire Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service, primarily based in Warminster, Devizes, and Trowbridge, while providing clinical services to the older adult population throughout Wiltshire.
Working as part of both the Wiltshire PTS and CMHT offers psychologists the opportunity to treat a range of disorders and presenting difficulties. This means you can maintain your skills across a diverse client group or further develop a specialist interest, such as neuropsychology.
In Wiltshire, the service is needs-led ('ageless'), offering care for both functional and organic conditions to all adults aged 18 and over. This role will focus on clients from the older adult population.
Main duties of the job
This post is within the multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service. We are an enthusiastic and innovative team that values the input and contribution of all our staff and strives to offer the best possible services to our clients.
We provide a wide range of psychological therapies, including CBT, EMDR, ACT, DBT, CAT, Integrative approaches, Schema-focused therapy, Mindfulness-based interventions, and Solution-focused methods, delivered in both group and individual contexts, primarily on an outpatient basis.
About You
The successful applicant will have clearly demonstrable skills and knowledge in working with people from the older adult age range. For this senior role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with different client groups in secondary mental health settings, and of having been responsible for providing specialist assessments and interventions. You will need to show evidence of clinical leadership and innovations that have improved services in which you have worked.
As the provision of supervision, consultation, and training to colleagues within the service is highly valued and an essential part of the role, being able to demonstrate skill and experience in this area would be an advantage. We would particularly value experience and/or training in neuropsychology, ACT, and group-based working.
For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please refer to the attached documents.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
04 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Job share, Compressed hours
Reference number
342-WTS222-1125
Job locations
Shearwater Lodge
1 The Avenue
Warminster
BA12 9AA
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.
- To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients difficulties and employing evidence-based methods across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, delivered individually or in combination. This includes adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.
- To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.
- To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.
- To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.
- To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.
- To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.
- To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
- To support the full implementation of YTCP (Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan) or equivalent, including acting as key worker as appropriate to the needs of the service.
- To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.
For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:
Dr Andy Bendell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Tel: 07412 603442
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
- To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.
- To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessments, risk assessments, and assessments for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).
- To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of clients mental health problems, based on an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients difficulties and employing evidence-based methods across the full range of care settings.
- To be responsible for providing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, and groups, within and across teams, delivered individually or in combination. This includes adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models, and maintaining several provisional hypotheses.
- To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.
- To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.
- To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.
- To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.
- To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.
- To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.
- To support the full implementation of YTCP (Your Team, Your Conversation, Your Plan) or equivalent, including acting as key worker as appropriate to the needs of the service.
- To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.
For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:
Dr Andy Bendell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Tel: 07412 603442
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status
- HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions.
Desirable
- Training in clinical supervision
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status
- HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)
- Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions.
Desirable
- Training in clinical supervision
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Shearwater Lodge
1 The Avenue
Warminster
BA12 9AA
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Shearwater Lodge
1 The Avenue
Warminster
BA12 9AA
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Salary range
- £55,690 - £62,682 per year