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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Inpatient Services for people with Intellectual Disabilities Specialist Assessment and Treatment Services (SATs) &amp; Adolescent Unit,  Brooklands Hospital, Marston Green, Birmingham </p><p></p> <p><strong>Principal Clinical Psychologist - Band 8b </strong></p> <p><strong>Secondment Opportunity - </strong><strong>0.6 WTE - 9 months (maternity cover)</strong></p> <p>We are seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic clinical psychologist to join our team on a 9 month (maternity cover) secondment in the assessment and treatment and adolescent inpatient servicesfor people with Intellectual Disabilities at Brooklands Hospital. </p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team supporting adults and young people and will take a lead role within the service, using the wide range of their clinical psychology skills, including:</p> <p> Specialist clinical assessment &amp; formulation</p> <p> Person-centred interventions (individual / group)</p> <p> Support to staff from other disciplines to undertake psychological interventions</p> <p> Care planning using a Positive Behavioural Support approach</p> <p> Facilitating team reflective practice</p> <p> Supervision and training for members of the psychology team and other professions</p> <p>Psychological input is highly valued by the MDT and there is an emphasis on close working with colleagues from psychiatry, nursing, speech &amp; language therapy, occupational therapy, music therapy and teaching.</p> <p>The SATS and CAMHS Psychological Services team are part of a wider Psychological Services team on the Brooklands site, which is awell-established and supportive service. Successful applicants will receive good quality supervision and support to further develop their skills and knowledge. </p> <p>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. </p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.</p> <p>We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.</p> <ul>  <li>generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us</li>  <li>excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more</li>  <li>salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more</li>  <li>discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes</li>  <li>wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more</li>  <li>staff networks and support group</li> </ul> <p>We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>29 October 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 8b</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
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      £64,455 to £74,896 a year
      
        pro rata
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Secondment</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Part-time
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>444-7501358-LD</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Brooklands Hospital</p>
      <p>Coleshill Road</p>
      <p>Marston Green, Birmingham</p>
            <p>B37 7HH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The successful post holder will have post qualification experience including experience working with individuals whose behaviour presents a challenge to services. We would welcome applications from individuals who are currently in an 8a role, but are looking to progress into an 8b position.</p> <p>For details of main responsibilities of the role, please see the attached job description.</p> <p>For further information please contact Dr Claire David, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 0121 329 4987 or via email at <a href="mailto:claire.david@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.If" target="_blank">claire.david@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.If</a> you have difficulties please contact the Partnership Trust Recruitment Team on 02476 588840 or email <a href="mailto:Recruitment.department@covwarkpt.nhs.uk" target="_blank">Recruitment.department@covwarkpt.nhs.uk</a></p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The successful post holder will have post qualification experience including experience working with individuals whose behaviour presents a challenge to services. We would welcome applications from individuals who are currently in an 8a role, but are looking to progress into an 8b position.</p> <p>For details of main responsibilities of the role, please see the attached job description.</p> <p>For further information please contact Dr Claire David, Consultant Clinical Psychologist on 0121 329 4987 or via email at <a href="mailto:claire.david@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.If" target="_blank">claire.david@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.If</a> you have difficulties please contact the Partnership Trust Recruitment Team on 02476 588840 or email <a href="mailto:Recruitment.department@covwarkpt.nhs.uk" target="_blank">Recruitment.department@covwarkpt.nhs.uk</a></p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>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</li>
        
        <li>Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)</li>
        
        <li>Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.</li>
        
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          Knowledge
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies especially as they relate to people with learning disabilities.</li>
        
        <li>Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.</li>
        
        <li>Formal training in supervision of other psychologists</li>
        
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with people whose behaviour presents a challenge to services.</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
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            Qualifications
          
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        <h4>Essential</h4>
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          <li>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</li>
          
          <li>Professionally registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)</li>
          
          <li>Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies especially as they relate to people with learning disabilities.</li>
          
          <li>Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.</li>
          
          <li>Formal training in supervision of other psychologists</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Significant assessed experience of working as a qualified psychologist.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with people whose behaviour presents a challenge to services.</li>
          
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    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>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.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>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.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Brooklands Hospital</p>
      <p>Coleshill Road</p>
      <p>Marston Green, Birmingham</p>
            <p>B37 7HH</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Brooklands Hospital</p>
          <p>Coleshill Road</p>
          <p>Marston Green, Birmingham</p>
                    <p>B37 7HH</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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