NHS
Trainee Clinical / Counselling Psychologist
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Job Description
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- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
- Behave consistently with and promote the values of the trust,
- Adhere to HCPC practice guidelines,
- Adhere to any professional training specific guidelines,
- Implement the psychology provision guidelines and trust policies,
- Be supported to evaluate referrals, undertake the assessment, treatment, and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service capacity.
- Behave consistently with and promote the values of the trust,
- Adhere to HCPC practice guidelines,
- Adhere to any professional training specific guidelines,
- Implement the psychology provision guidelines and trust policies,
- Be supported to evaluate referrals, undertake the assessment, treatment, and management of patients with psychological difficulties with a varying range of complexity and aetiology with reference to clinical need and service capacity.
- Working towards registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Working towards registration with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
- In final year of working towards a Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches and assessment for people with psychological problems, including specialised psychological assessments and interventions
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidance and their implications for clinical practice
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment
- Working towards registration as a Chartered Psychologist (Clinical or Counselling) by the BPS
- Working towards registration with HCPC as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist
- BSc/BA Honours degree at 2:1 or above in Psychology
- In final year of working towards a Post graduate Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology as accredited by the BPS
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
- Knowledge required specific to the role and clinical area
- Advanced theoretical and applied knowledge of psychological approaches and assessment for people with psychological problems, including specialised psychological assessments and interventions
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and national guidance and their implications for clinical practice
- Experience required specific to the role and clinical area
- Experience of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of conducting clinically relevant research
- Experience of supervised practice including working with families and care organisations
- Experience of assessing and providing a wide range of psychological interventions to a wide range of patients presenting with a full range of clinical severity
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for a patients psychological care and treatment
Job summary
We would like to appoint a Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, in their last year of training and prior to qualification, to work in the AMH Neighbourhood Mental Health Services (NMHS) in Wyre Forest. We are a pilot site for the Transformation Model working in the community considering local need and linking with community services.
This is a Band 6, (1.0 w.t.e) fixed term post for 12 months, moving to a Band 7 permanent post upon qualification. We welcome applications for full/part time working. We provide face to face and virtual interventions as clinically appropriate.
The NMHS teams have integrated psychological pathways for individuals with moderate/severe, severe/enduring, psychosis/bipolar and emotionally unstable presentations. The post holder will apply Clinical or Counselling Psychology core values and clinical practice. They will encourage empowered service users to be active in their own recovery and encourage trauma informed care across the NMHS.
Main duties of the job
The post is integral to the NMHS, working with other psychologists and mental health professionals. The post holder will be a valued member of the psychology provision within the Trust.
The post holder will be supported to provide psychological assessments leading to the development of psychological formulations and individual and/or group interventions. They will work virtually and face to face as appropriate.
The post holder will be supported to complete their professional training.
The post holder will receive both clinical supervision and line management. Across the service we offer a variety of supervision for evidence-based models and invest in model specific supervision.
The post holder will attend all necessary NMHS team meetings and be involved in the NMHS psychology provision professional meetings.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
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Details
Date posted
11 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9798-1596-B6
Job locations
The Robertson Centre
Kidderminster Hospital
Kidderminster
DY11 6RJ
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Alongside the Band 6 Job Description and Person Specification, the post holder will also:
This post will be considered for candidates in their final year of professional training and prior to becoming registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC. They would initially be employed, fixed term, on a Band 6 Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description. Upon HCPC registration the post would then be upgraded to a permanent Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description.
The Band 7 job description is included in a separate job advert.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Job responsibilities
Alongside the Band 6 Job Description and Person Specification, the post holder will also:
This post will be considered for candidates in their final year of professional training and prior to becoming registered as a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with the HCPC. They would initially be employed, fixed term, on a Band 6 Trainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description. Upon HCPC registration the post would then be upgraded to a permanent Band 7 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Job Description.
The Band 7 job description is included in a separate job advert.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
The Robertson Centre
Kidderminster Hospital
Kidderminster
DY11 6RJ
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
The Robertson Centre
Kidderminster Hospital
Kidderminster
DY11 6RJ
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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