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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Since launching in 2009, Hammersmith &amp; Fulham has become a well-established successful NHS Talking Therapies service. We are looking to recruit a Lead PWP into an established role to offer continued support for the PWP in delivering high quality and accessible care to adults in the borough. The post attracts inner London weighting and is ideal for a PWP with significant consolidated post qualification experience, who has ideally held the position of Senior PWP and is keen to develop leadership skills. It's a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate and develop skills in service development, line management and the development of the PWP profession. </p> <p>We are particularly looking for applicants interested in developing a career within the PWP profession. We are looking for a candidate who can offer long term commitment to the role to support their development and to adequately offer long term support to those they line manage and supervise. We would ask applicants wanting to seek further clinical training in the next 2+ years to carefully consider applying for this role and if they can offer the commitment, training and development it requires. </p> <p>H&amp;F Talking Therapies offers career progression for PWPs into band 8a roles and beyond, offering a unique opportunity for PWPs wanting to stay in the profession to progress their careers in management and leadership roles..</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The Lead PWP will hold a small clinical case load, provide supervision and line management to the PWP team and share responsibility for the operational running of the service with the other Step 2 lead clinicians. They will be required to work one evening session (12pm-8pm Monday to Thursday). The role will be varied, thus supporting the post holder to develop assessment, treatment, supervision, line management, leadership and project management skills. </p> <p>You will need experience of risk management and assessment, formulation and treatment of Talking Therapies appropriate disorders within a PWP framework and have some supervision and line management experience. We are keen to fill gaps in experience though, through our comprehensive CPD and supervision programme, and we offer ongoing support via debrief and senior duty at all times.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.</p> <p>Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith &amp; Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.</p> <p>The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.</p> <p>The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>21 December 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £56,276 to £63,176 a year
      
        per annum inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>222-H&amp;F-073</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Hammersmith and Fulham’s Psychological Therapy Service.</p>
      <p>146 Twickenham Road</p>
      <p>Isleworth, Middlesex</p>
            <p>TW7 7DJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached</p> <p>The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached</p> <p>The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Talking Therapies Low Intensity worker/Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification</li>
        
        <li>BPS/BABCP registered PWP</li>
        
        <li>Completion of NHS approved low intensity Supervision training via university provider.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>LTC PWP Top up training completion</li>
          
          <li>Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to demonstrate significant post qualification consolidated experience in offering and delivering the range of evidence based Talking Therapies low intensity interventions such as CCBT, Guided Self-help &amp; workshops.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an Talking Therapies service, including those who present with risk to self or others.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.</li>
        
        <li>Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts including the use of interpreters</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering clinical supervision</li>
        
        <li>Experience of delivering Line management supervision</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of working within a service development role and the ability to co-ordinate across the service</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication (including communicating emotive information)</li>
        
        <li>Experience in teaching and training clinical skills</li>
        
        <li>Previous experience in the role of Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or similar</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of audit and research</li>
          
          <li>Experience recruiting and managing the performance of staff</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Knowledge of different models of mental health/mental illness</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of NHS and Policies, procedures and guidelines</li>
        
        <li>Evidence based practice/clinical governance</li>
        
        <li>High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Step 2 interventions</li>
        
        <li>Models of assessment (including clinical risk assessment) record keeping and evidence based brief psychological intervention</li>
        
        <li>Ability to effectively manage the demands of working with more complex cases at Step 2</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of outcome measures and their use in clinical and audit purposes</li>
        
        <li>Significant experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows.</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge and experience of the application of HR policies in line management</li>
        
        <li>Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_4">
        
          Skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>An ability to work well within a team and foster good working relationships with service users and staff from all disciplines.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with a busy workload agreed and managed at regular intervals.</li>
        
        <li>Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in context of supervision</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_5">
        
          Other requirement
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice</li>
        
        <li>Able to work at least one evening session, till 8.00pm.</li>
        
        <li>Able to attend the office bases in Hammersmith &amp; Fulham regularly as needed, as well as work from home as needed in a confidential environment.</li>
        
        <li>Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence.</li>
        
        <li>Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Fluent in languages other than English</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Talking Therapies Low Intensity worker/Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner qualification</li>
          
          <li>BPS/BABCP registered PWP</li>
          
          <li>Completion of NHS approved low intensity Supervision training via university provider.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>LTC PWP Top up training completion</li>
            
            <li>Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to demonstrate significant post qualification consolidated experience in offering and delivering the range of evidence based Talking Therapies low intensity interventions such as CCBT, Guided Self-help &amp; workshops.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients within an Talking Therapies service, including those who present with risk to self or others.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and presenting problems that reflect a range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.</li>
          
          <li>Experience of the application of CBT in different cultural contexts including the use of interpreters</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering clinical supervision</li>
          
          <li>Experience of delivering Line management supervision</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of working within a service development role and the ability to co-ordinate across the service</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates high standards in written and verbal communication (including communicating emotive information)</li>
          
          <li>Experience in teaching and training clinical skills</li>
          
          <li>Previous experience in the role of Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or similar</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of audit and research</li>
            
            <li>Experience recruiting and managing the performance of staff</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Knowledge of different models of mental health/mental illness</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of NHS and Policies, procedures and guidelines</li>
          
          <li>Evidence based practice/clinical governance</li>
          
          <li>High-level knowledge of the theory and practice of Step 2 interventions</li>
          
          <li>Models of assessment (including clinical risk assessment) record keeping and evidence based brief psychological intervention</li>
          
          <li>Ability to effectively manage the demands of working with more complex cases at Step 2</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of outcome measures and their use in clinical and audit purposes</li>
          
          <li>Significant experience using computers for databases or data-analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows.</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge and experience of the application of HR policies in line management</li>
          
          <li>Ability to carry out a range of evaluation and monitoring techniques</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_4">
          
            Skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>An ability to work well within a team and foster good working relationships with service users and staff from all disciplines.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with a busy workload agreed and managed at regular intervals.</li>
          
          <li>Ability to be self reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in context of supervision</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_5">
          
            Other requirement
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice</li>
          
          <li>Able to work at least one evening session, till 8.00pm.</li>
          
          <li>Able to attend the office bases in Hammersmith &amp; Fulham regularly as needed, as well as work from home as needed in a confidential environment.</li>
          
          <li>Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence.</li>
          
          <li>Be aware of the limitations in own competencies and seek appropriate senior advice.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Fluent in languages other than English</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <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>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>West London NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Hammersmith and Fulham’s Psychological Therapy Service.</p>
      <p>146 Twickenham Road</p>
      <p>Isleworth, Middlesex</p>
            <p>TW7 7DJ</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>West London NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Hammersmith and Fulham’s Psychological Therapy Service.</p>
          <p>146 Twickenham Road</p>
          <p>Isleworth, Middlesex</p>
                    <p>TW7 7DJ</p>
        
      

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

NHS Jobs

Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist

Clinical or Counselling Psychologist

Mental Health Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you caring, innovative and passionate about your work? Do you value putting your patients first and working with them towards recovery?

Are you motivated to learn and develop your psychotherapy skills? <strong>If so, then YOU are the person we are looking for.</strong></p><p>
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical Associate Psychologist to join our multidisciplinary team at the Leicestershire Adult Eating Disorder Service.</p><p>The team is well established and have been providing high quality care for the residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland for over 30 years.</p><p>The team assess and provide individual care plans for recovery through evidence-based interventions and strong therapeutic relationships to patients with a variety of eating disorders, on one to one basis and in group settings.</p><p>Clinical associate psychologists are a key part of our team and the successful candidate will join our current psychology team Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Associate Psychologist and Psychology Assistants.</p><p>The service team also consists of nurses, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, administrators, dietitians, research and evaluation associates. Teamwork and collaboration is highly valued in the service and encouraged from all.</p><p>Experience of working with people with an eating disorder will be a particular strength for the right candidate. However, we are able to offer opportunities for with those with limited experience in limited experience in a developmental role.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The post holder will work with people who use our services to develop a shared understanding of their eating disorder, how they cope and the impact this has on their mental, physical health and well-being and those around them (psychological assessment and formulation).</p><p>Under supervision of qualified clinical psychologists they will deliver psychological interventions such as CBT guided self-help, CBT and other appropriate therapy models. The post holder will manage their own caseload.</p><p>A good understanding of some of the physical and psychological risks experienced by our patients will be helpful and you will be supported with this alongside training and development opportunities relevant to your role and equipping you with specialist skills.</p><p>You will also be able to take part in our weekly CPD programme, where we have an extensive range of internal and external speakers.

We have a strong culture of research and a continuous drive for improving quality, and there is plentiful opportunity to contribute to our ongoing programme.</p><p><strong>Please note that a full UK Driving Licence and access to a car during working hours is required for this role.

For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>09 December 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £38,682 to £46,580 a year
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>005445</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Bennion Centre</p>
      <p>Glenfield Hospital</p>
      <p>Leicester</p>
      <p>Leicestershire</p>
      <p>LE3 9EJ</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto “Apply for this job” and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification.</p>

  

  
    
      
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          Qualifications
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.</li>
        
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          <li>Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.</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>
  

  

  


 

      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Bennion Centre</p>
      <p>Glenfield Hospital</p>
      <p>Leicester</p>
      <p>Leicestershire</p>
      <p>LE3 9EJ</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Bennion Centre</p>
          <p>Glenfield Hospital</p>
          <p>Leicester</p>
          <p>Leicestershire</p>
          <p>LE3 9EJ</p>
        
      

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

Band 6 Clinical Associate in Psychology

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Locum Clinical Psychologist (Grade 8a) to join our friendly Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) in North East Wiltshire, and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS),for a period of six months.</p> <p>This locum role is primarily based in Chippenham and Devizes, while providing clinical services to the older adult population throughout Wiltshire.</p> <p>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 explore a specialist interest, such as neuropsychology.</p> <p>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.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>This post is within the multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and the Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service (PTS). 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>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.</p> <p>We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&amp;NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>


      
        
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  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 December 2025</p>

  
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    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
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      <p>Band 8a</p>
  
  

  
  
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    <p>
      £55,690 to £62,682 a year
      
        pro rata
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
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    <p>6 months</p>
  

  
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          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Compressed hours
        
      
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  <p>342-WTS242-1225</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Bewley House</p>
      <p>Marshfield Road</p>
      <p>Chippenham</p>
            <p>SN15 1JW</p>
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    <ul>  <li>To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.</li>  <li>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).</li>  <li>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.</li>  <li>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.</li>  <li>To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.</li>  <li>To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.</li>  <li>To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.</li>  <li>To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.</li>  <li>To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.</li>  <li>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.</li>  <li>To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.</li> </ul> <p>For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:</p> <p>Dr Marisol Cavieres, Head of Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service</p> <p> Tel: 07543300054</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <ul>  <li>To provide a high-quality, largely autonomous, and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service.</li>  <li>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).</li>  <li>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.</li>  <li>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.</li>  <li>To provide at least one specialist, evidence-based psychological intervention as dictated by the needs of the service.</li>  <li>To provide highly specialist consultation to members of various teams within the area and beyond regarding formulation and psychological management of clients.</li>  <li>To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by teams.</li>  <li>To be involved in the development and delivery of training within the Trust.</li>  <li>To participate in clinical and caseload supervision arrangements provided by the Service.</li>  <li>To maintain accurate records and monitor clinical workload using agreed systems.</li>  <li>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.</li>  <li>To enter data as requested by the Trust in a timely manner.</li> </ul> <p>For further information or to discuss this vacancy, we encourage you to contact:</p> <p>Dr Marisol Cavieres, Head of Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service</p> <p> Tel: 07543300054</p> <p><strong>Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.</strong></p>
    
  


      
  
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        <li>Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status</li>
        
        <li>HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)</li>
        
        <li>Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions</li>
        
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          <li>Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or Counselling Psychology (or equivalent). Eligibility for Chartered Psychologist status</li>
          
          <li>HCPC Registered (Health and Care Professions Council)</li>
          
          <li>Post-qualification and further specialist training in specified psychological interventions</li>
          
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    <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>
  

  

  
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      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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        <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>
      

      

      
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          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
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    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Bewley House</p>
      <p>Marshfield Road</p>
      <p>Chippenham</p>
            <p>SN15 1JW</p>
    
  

  
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        <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
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        <p>Avon &amp; Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>Bewley House</p>
          <p>Marshfield Road</p>
          <p>Chippenham</p>
                    <p>SN15 1JW</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/" target="_blank">http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Band 8a Later Life Clinical Counselling Psychologist - Chippenham

CYP Clinical Psychologist - Integrated Eating Disorder Service

Senior Practitioner MHST

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Do you have skills in motivating people, building people's independence and supporting people to achieve their Recovery goals!? </strong></p> <p>The Community Therapy Service in Great Yarmouth is looking for an Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join their friendly team for 12 months or until April '27, whichever is shortest, to cover maternity leave.</p> <p>The post-holder will receive regular clinical and management supervision, and professional guidance from our knowledgeable, experienced and supportive team.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>The Community Therapy Service is a team of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioners, Peer Support Workers and an Art Psychotherapist working with service users under the umbrella of the Community Mental Health Team. This team provides specialist therapeutic interventions to support people on their recovery journey in the community. working alongside Service Users who have a mental health diagnosis. Your role would be to instil hope, inspire confidence, and work collaboratively with individuals to meet their goals and build on life skills. This would include facilitating 1:1 and group sessions at the Resource Centre at Northgate Hospital, in the community and in people's homes.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.</p> <p><strong>Why work for us?</strong> We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.</p> <p><strong>Why Norfolk and Suffolk? </strong>The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>24 December 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 4</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £27,485 to £30,162 a year
      
        Gross per annum
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Fixed term</p>

  
    <h3 id="contract_duration_heading">Duration</h3>
    <p>12 months</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>246-GYW7662457</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <p>Northgate Hospital, Resource Centre</p>
      <p>Northgate Street</p>
      <p>Great Yarmouth</p>
            <p>NR30 1BU</p>
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    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>The role is varied and creative, and it is expected that you would bring your own skills to add to the team. The postholder would work alongside registered Occupational Therapists, providing Occupational Therapy interventions to support people to meet their recovery goals by improving their access to the community, building confidence and resilience and empowering people to be able to do the things they need and want to do. We are looking for someone who has experience of working with adult mental health service users and can apply those skills to a community setting.</p>
  

  
    
      
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      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>The role is varied and creative, and it is expected that you would bring your own skills to add to the team. The postholder would work alongside registered Occupational Therapists, providing Occupational Therapy interventions to support people to meet their recovery goals by improving their access to the community, building confidence and resilience and empowering people to be able to do the things they need and want to do. We are looking for someone who has experience of working with adult mental health service users and can apply those skills to a community setting.</p>
    
  


      
  
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          Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Experience of working with groups of people</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work both independently and under supervision</li>
        
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        <h4>Desirable</h4>
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          <li>Experience of working within mental health</li>
          
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          Qualifications
        
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        <li>Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care/mental health  or  Apprenticeship in H&amp;SC/mental health L5 or Equivalent Qualification at L5 or above in related subject</li>
        
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          Skills
        
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        <li>Ability to work unsupervised in clinical/ community settings</li>
        
        <li>Working within groups</li>
        
        <li>Good communication skills (written and verbal).</li>
        
        <li>Ability to work under pressure</li>
        
        <li>Good Interpersonal skills.</li>
        
        <li>Reasonable confidence and competence in using IT systems (e.g. Outlook, Word, clinical or other record systems) relevant to the role.</li>
        
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        <li>Ability to undertake and maintain annual, PMVA training (Personal Safety for community roles and full PMVA training for inpatient roles)</li>
        
        <li>Ability to travel independently (community roles)</li>
        
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          <li>Ability to travel independently (inpatient roles)</li>
          
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          <li>Working within groups</li>
          
          <li>Good communication skills (written and verbal).</li>
          
          <li>Ability to work under pressure</li>
          
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    <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>
  

  
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    <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  


 
  
    
      
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        <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>
      

      
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        <p>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 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>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. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
    
  


      
  
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    <p>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Northgate Hospital, Resource Centre</p>
      <p>Northgate Street</p>
      <p>Great Yarmouth</p>
            <p>NR30 1BU</p>
    
  

  
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        <p>Norfolk &amp; Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust</p>
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          <p>Northgate Hospital, Resource Centre</p>
          <p>Northgate Street</p>
          <p>Great Yarmouth</p>
                    <p>NR30 1BU</p>
        
      

      
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            <p><a href="https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>Are you a passionate, reflective and committed practitioner psychologist, dedicated to the application of empirical research to psychological practice?</p> <p>Would like to be part of the exciting and innovative transformation of community mental health services?</p> <p>Can you embrace the challenges of working in a dynamic and diverse team that mirrors the population it serves?</p> <p>Are you interested bringing your experience and creativity to a community-based psychologist role?</p> <p>We are committed to developing our Clinical/Counselling/Forensic psychologists. Our posts are available at Band 7 (a developmental post) or 8A depending on experience. Relevant support and experience will be provided to ensure that successful newly qualified applicants will be able to transition into an 8A psychology post, after demonstrating significant post-qualifying experience and meeting the requirements.</p> <p>Please note that, whilst working patterns will be flexible and include some remote working, there will be a requirement for the successful applicants to be physically based within team bases in Cornwall for most of the week.</p> <p><strong>A relocation package is available for discussion.</strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p><strong>This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.</strong></p> <p>This role sits alongside other practitioner psychologists, psychological therapists, assistant psychologists, trainee psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPs) and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs) embedded in an experienced, compassionate, trauma informed and person-centred multidisciplinary team which welcomes psychological interventions and collaborative working. </p> <p>The role is a varied one providing assessment (including neurodevelopmental), formulation, individual and group interventions, and consultation using a range of therapeutic approaches. </p> <p>You will also support psychological practice within the team by contributing a psychological perspective to team working, treatment planning and supervising other psychological professionals. </p> <p>There is a key focus on quality to enhance services. We encourage our psychologists to develop their skills and knowledge with CPD opportunities and have a track record of being able to provide ongoing training in CAT, CBT-P, DBT, EMDR, and FIP. </p> <p>There will be opportunities to contribute to the development of a new model of integrated primary and community mental health services linking Community Mental Health Teams and Primary Care Networks.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.</p> <p>We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.</p> <p>Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.</p> <p>We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.</p> <p>Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>22 December 2025</p>

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

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £47,810 to £62,682 a year
      
        Per annum
      
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  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
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          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
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  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>201-25-234-D</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Mid Cornwall ICMHT's - Main base to be confirmed</p>
            <p>St Austell</p>
            <p>PL25 4QN</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
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          Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Has, or is soon to complete Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS); or Doctoral level training in Counselling Psychology; or Doctorate in Forensic Psychology / BPS doctoral-level Qualification in Forensic Psychology (Stage 2); AND meets the clinical competencies required by the post and the Essential Criteria of this Person Specification</li>
        
        <li>HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist or expected to be so prior to commencing in post (for candidates still to complete training)</li>
        
        <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings</li>
        
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          Skills and Aptitudes
        
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      <h4>Essential</h4>
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        <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, clinical interventions, and case management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration</li>
        
        <li>Well-developed skills in effectively communicating, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS</li>
        
        <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</li>
        
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        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Has, or is soon to complete Doctoral level training in Clinical Psychology, as accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS); or Doctoral level training in Counselling Psychology; or Doctorate in Forensic Psychology / BPS doctoral-level Qualification in Forensic Psychology (Stage 2); AND meets the clinical competencies required by the post and the Essential Criteria of this Person Specification</li>
          
          <li>HCPC registered as a Practitioner Psychologist or expected to be so prior to commencing in post (for candidates still to complete training)</li>
          
          <li>Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Skills and Aptitudes
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, formulation, clinical interventions, and case management, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration</li>
          
          <li>Well-developed skills in effectively communicating, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS</li>
          
          <li>Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups</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>
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    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Mid Cornwall ICMHT's - Main base to be confirmed</p>
            <p>St Austell</p>
            <p>PL25 4QN</p>
    
  

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

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Mid Cornwall ICMHT's - Main base to be confirmed</p>
                    <p>St Austell</p>
                    <p>PL25 4QN</p>
        
      

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

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