Job summary
- Main area
- Assistant Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-7807248-MH
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Tile Hill Health Centre
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Higher Level Assistant Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our newly transformed eating disorders service. The post holder will join a multi-disciplinary team working to provide good quality and compassionate care to people with eating disorders and their carers.
The role will support various pathways within the service under the supervision of qualified Psychologists and Psychological Therapists.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support with assessments and the delivery of group and individual interventions. They will have a key role in monitoring and auditing treatment outcomes and assisting with the development of new psychological treatment pathways within the service.
They will work as a valued member of the MDT, working alongside colleagues from a wide range of disciplines. The post holder will have access to supervision from a Qualified Psychologist and line management from a senior colleague. They will be offered training and CPD opportunities within the mental health trust.
Working for our organisation
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.
- 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 group
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed outline and requirements of the job role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum 2:2 Honours undergraduate degree in Psychology
- Evidence of adhering to a relevant code of ethics
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer literate including web-based and database-management skills
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing; complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
- Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients and learn to offer psycho-education/psychotherapy to suitable clients in a manner consistent with the service
- Ability to manage own clinical practice, caseload and time, with supervision
- Ability to participate and undertake audit evaluation and research (Completed clinical audits within a service).
- Ability to function in a largely autonomous fashion, subject to suitable supervision
- Appropriate understanding of confidentiality in a mental health context
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people within mental health needs
- Ability to meet agreed / specified service targets working in a manner consistent with the service needs
- Experience of working and liaising with other professional groups
- Experience of working as a member of a multidisciplinary team or within a team environment
- Evidence of working in a service where agreed targets are in place, demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Experience of working with diverse communities and within a multicultural setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Catherine Haynes
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02476 232940
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