Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
Posted 16 hours ago by CNWL
£55,690 - £62,682 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Academic Jobs
Buckinghamshire, Woolstone, United Kingdom, MK15 0DT
Job Description
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Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
There's a place for you at CNWL.
We're passionate about delivering first class patient centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area
MK Mental Health
Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract 12 months (Fixed Term funding)
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 333-D-MK-MH-1295
Site Neath Hill Health Centre
Town Milton Keynes
Salary £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 11/01/:59
Interview date 26/01/2026
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
Are you a clinician passionate about working with service users with psychosis?
Do you enjoy working with carers and families?
Are you an independent practitioner who can promote psychology in a small team?
We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior Psychologists or Psychological Therapists who are committed to delivering patient focused care and treatment to our service users for a 12 month interim period.
We are looking for a clinician with experience working in psychosis who can be relatively autonomous, pick up the job quickly and be flexible and adaptable to the team's needs.
The role involves delivering specialist psychological assessment and treatment to service users who are experiencing first episode psychosis. The post holder will be able to offer supervision, advice, consultation and training to other staff about psychological care for service users and carers. There will be a mix of individual and group interventions.
There is a strong sense of camaraderie within the Milton Keynes EIP team, and a strong partnership between operational and clinical staff. You will be working with our CBT for psychosis therapist and with other colleagues across Milton Keynes services.
Main duties of the job The Milton Keynes Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service is a multi-disciplinary team providing treatment and support for people who are experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time, and during the first three years following a first episode of psychosis. With new monies and investment, the service is expanding with a focus on providing psychological inventions alongside care coordination, help, advice and support. The team helps service users make sense of their experiences, provides treatment and interventions to enable them to get back to, or continue to, work or study, whilst liaising with other services and agencies to sort out benefits and finances, and help solve any housing problems.
A key part of the role will be acting as liaison and Principal Investigator for research trials (e.g. virtual reality CBT) from different universities.
We are looking for well rounded and experienced practitioners. Our staff work pro actively with confidence and motivation, showing initiative which has contributed to the development of numerous award winning services. We find that they are often flexible, robust and resourceful and able to manage the challenges of working in an environment that can be demanding.
Hear directly from our leaders and their vision for psychological professions in the Trust here.
Learn more about working in Milton Keynes by following the link below.
Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, 3 Clinical Directors. We try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities We prioritise collaboration within our team and with our community partnerships, so we are hoping to find candidates who have the required communication and interpersonal skills that will allow them to thrive when working within their own team and with external partner organisations, in order to provide a meaningful service to the diverse populations we serve.
We also hope to attract therapists with broad training and experience. Additional support and training may be provided for clinicians to gain supervision experience and qualification within the relevant framework and commissioned funding.
If your application is successful, you will receive regular supervision and support from the Clinical Service Lead as well as benefit from support and guidance from other team members. You will also be linked in with Trust Wide psychological professions initiatives and events.
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
There's a place for you at CNWL.
We're passionate about delivering first class patient centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area
MK Mental Health
Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract 12 months (Fixed Term funding)
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref 333-D-MK-MH-1295
Site Neath Hill Health Centre
Town Milton Keynes
Salary £55,690 - £62,682 Per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 11/01/:59
Interview date 26/01/2026
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist or Psychological Therapist
Are you a clinician passionate about working with service users with psychosis?
Do you enjoy working with carers and families?
Are you an independent practitioner who can promote psychology in a small team?
We are looking for applications from highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior Psychologists or Psychological Therapists who are committed to delivering patient focused care and treatment to our service users for a 12 month interim period.
We are looking for a clinician with experience working in psychosis who can be relatively autonomous, pick up the job quickly and be flexible and adaptable to the team's needs.
The role involves delivering specialist psychological assessment and treatment to service users who are experiencing first episode psychosis. The post holder will be able to offer supervision, advice, consultation and training to other staff about psychological care for service users and carers. There will be a mix of individual and group interventions.
There is a strong sense of camaraderie within the Milton Keynes EIP team, and a strong partnership between operational and clinical staff. You will be working with our CBT for psychosis therapist and with other colleagues across Milton Keynes services.
Main duties of the job The Milton Keynes Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service is a multi-disciplinary team providing treatment and support for people who are experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time, and during the first three years following a first episode of psychosis. With new monies and investment, the service is expanding with a focus on providing psychological inventions alongside care coordination, help, advice and support. The team helps service users make sense of their experiences, provides treatment and interventions to enable them to get back to, or continue to, work or study, whilst liaising with other services and agencies to sort out benefits and finances, and help solve any housing problems.
A key part of the role will be acting as liaison and Principal Investigator for research trials (e.g. virtual reality CBT) from different universities.
We are looking for well rounded and experienced practitioners. Our staff work pro actively with confidence and motivation, showing initiative which has contributed to the development of numerous award winning services. We find that they are often flexible, robust and resourceful and able to manage the challenges of working in an environment that can be demanding.
Hear directly from our leaders and their vision for psychological professions in the Trust here.
Learn more about working in Milton Keynes by following the link below.
Here at CNWL we encourage our psychological professions staff to pursue leadership opportunities in senior roles. Various prominent leadership roles within the Trust are currently held by Psychologists including: Director of Strategy and Integration, Chief Information Officer, 3 Clinical Directors. We try to facilitate the development of our psychological professions staff across all areas.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities We prioritise collaboration within our team and with our community partnerships, so we are hoping to find candidates who have the required communication and interpersonal skills that will allow them to thrive when working within their own team and with external partner organisations, in order to provide a meaningful service to the diverse populations we serve.
We also hope to attract therapists with broad training and experience. Additional support and training may be provided for clinicians to gain supervision experience and qualification within the relevant framework and commissioned funding.
If your application is successful, you will receive regular supervision and support from the Clinical Service Lead as well as benefit from support and guidance from other team members. You will also be linked in with Trust Wide psychological professions initiatives and events.
- To ensure the systematic provision of high quality specialist psychological interventions to service users of the Early Intervention in Psychosis team.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy in line with Government targets and NICE guidance.
- In addition the post holder will offer supervision, advice, consultation and training on service user's psychological care and treatment to other team members.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
- To utilise research skills for audit, policy development and, service evaluation and development within the team and service.
- Doctoral level training in psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuro psychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies development psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- A registered qualification in any of the health or allied health professions e.g. nurse, social worker, OT, therapist PLUS additional therapeutic training such as systemic family therapy training.
- Have achieved BABCP registration as a CBT therapist.
- To be registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC), or other approved body such as NMC, BABCP, BACP, AFT.
- Pre qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Qualification or evidence of training in supervision.
- Additional training in an alternative therapeutic model such as EMDR or ACT.
- Valid driver's licence and the ability to drive to different bases.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and formulation of complex mental health presentations including psychosis presentations.
- Experience of working psychologically with people who have complex mental health problems, including trauma and psychosis. . click apply for full job details