Job Description

Looking to develop in your career?



Are you passionate about supporting people with a learning disability? Would you like to make a difference to people's lives and support them to live a meaningful life in the community?



This post is funded as full-time, however we would consider between this and minimum of 30hrs per week



We are looking to employ a Clinical / Counselling Psychologist to join our well-established Intensive Support Team for adults with a learning disability. You will be joining existing psychologists in the team where there is strong, true multi-disciplinary working and where the contribution of psychological services staff is highly valued.



Our aim is to work collaboratively as an MDT to support those people to avoid unnecessary admission to hospital remaining at home in the community with an improved quality of life. We also support individuals through discharge transition out of hospital. Our team works in partnership with the individual, their families and carers to gain a greater understanding of their needs and works closely with the local community learning disability teams and social care to ensure a cohesive approach and continuity of care.



Along with existing psychological services colleagues, you will provide input to IST in the form of specialist assessments, psychological interventions, team formulation, consultation, training and supervision of other qualified staff.



Successful applicants will receive excellent support and regular, good quality supervision and opportunities for continuing professional development. We have well-established links with the Coventry and Warwick Doctoral Training courses in Clinical Psychology, providing core placements, teaching sessions and supervising doctoral research projects. We are also developing further research links with Warwick University and there will be a variety of opportunities to maintain and develop your research skills.



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.



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.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support groups

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.



If you do not yet meet the criteria for the band 8a role, we will support applications from candidates that meet the criteria for the band 7 role and job description (please see "additional documents" on NHS jobs).



In these instances, the successful candidate would be appointed to a "Development Post" role at band 7 and provided opportunities and support to progress to the band 8a role upon successful completion of a preceptorship programme. It is expected that this process will be achievable within a period of up to two years, although timescales may vary between different staff members in Development Posts. In the event that elements of the expected competencies to progress to 8a are not fully met, the role will remain as a band 7.



This will be further discussed as part of the interview and recruitment process as appropriate. Applications from newly qualified/soon to qualify clinicians are therefore welcomed.



Flexible working arrangements are possible in discussion with the teams operational manager.



For further information please contact , Principal Clinical Psychologist: najma.sultana@covwarkpt.nhs.uk or Dr Claire David, Consultant Clinical Psychologist: claire.david@covwarkpt.nhs.uk