Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 285-5683-CYPF
- Employer
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Gem Centre
- Town
- Wednesfield, Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Applied Psychologist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is growing and changing. We provide specialist mental health, learning disability and community services across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and we’re hiring people who want to shape what comes next.
Formed on 1 April 2020 through the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, we’re now focused on the future with a new Trust Strategy and our Best for the Black Country programme.
What we do
· Adult and older adult mental health
· Children and young people’s mental health
· Specialist learning disability services
· Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley
Why join now
· We’ve got real momentum right now. New strategy, clear priorities and our Best for the Black Country work mean things are moving in the right way, fast.
· Our values aren’t just posters. People are genuinely compassionate, take responsibility, treat you with respect and help you feel confident and empowered.
· You’ll be looked after. Flexible working, family-friendly policies, supportive teams, proper wellbeing support and chances to learn with coaching and development.
· There’s room to grow. Loads of services to explore and real space to try ideas and be heard.
· It’s a good place to live. Friendly diverse communities, easy transport, good schools and colleges, shopping, food, lots to do, plenty of green space and a lower cost of living than many other city regions.
What it’s like to work here
You’ll join friendly, skilled teams who look out for each other. We plan together, share caseload pressures, and celebrate wins. New starters get a warm welcome and clear induction; early careers colleagues have preceptorship and buddying; experienced staff can lead, teach and innovate. You’ll have space to do good work, speak up, and see the difference you make.
Who we are
We’re 4,000+ colleagues from many backgrounds, committed to improving health and wellbeing for our communities and for each other. If you’re excited about the role but don’t tick every box, please apply. We value potential and transferable experience.
Job overview
Are you an enthusiastic and values‑driven Applied Psychologist looking to grow your clinical skills within a supportive and innovative service? We are delighted to invite applications for a Band 7 role within our expanding multidisciplinary team.
We welcome applications from Clinical, Counselling, or Forensic Psychologists, including newly qualified practitioners or those due to qualify soon.
As part of our team, you will:
✔ Provide high‑quality psychological assessment, formulation and intervention for service users with complex mental health needs
✔ Contribute to MDT discussions, offering psychologically informed perspectives
✔ Have access to excellent supervision structures, reflective practice, and CPD opportunities
✔ Be part of a friendly, skilled, compassionate team where your ideas and development really matter
✔ Shape service improvement initiatives and contribute to a culture of learning and innovation
We are committed to helping you develop your specialist areas of interest and offer genuine career progression opportunities.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking someone who is:
- Passionate about delivering evidence-based psychological care
- Skilled in trauma‑informed, compassionate, and formulation‑led practice
- Confident in working autonomously, while also valuing teamwork
- Committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Keen to contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and strongly encourage applications from newly qualified psychologists.
Working for our organisation
Through the Trust’s “Work Benefits” offer, staff can access:
A wide range of NHS staff discounts
- Health and wellbeing resources
- Local and national benefits as part of the wider NHS employment offer
- Opportunities to be involved in innovative service development projects
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities, Patient Contact
Provides specialist psychological assessment of clients with complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing.
Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.
Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
Formulates plans for specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients’ mental health/learning conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.
Implements a range of specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.
Evaluates therapy options and makes decisions about treatment.
To liaise with other professionals working within the NHS, Social Inclusion and Health and the voluntary sector on matters relating to client care that have implications for the service
Supervisory/Professional Responsibility
Clinical supervision of Assistant Psychologists under the guidance of their Applied Psychologist line manager.
Will hold responsibility and accountability for their own actions, ensuring appropriate support and supervision is sought when required.
To keep abreast of current developments in this field through reading, attendance at appropriate training courses, and a range of other CPD activities, and to ensure that a log is kept of this in line with Psychology and Counselling service and HPC requirements.
Multi-Disciplinary Training and Development
Provides psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other direct care staff in MDT.
Provides clinical supervision to other direct care staff in MDT.
Provides training to other staff in MDT under the guidance of a more senior Applied Psychologist.
Service and Organisational Development
Participate in CQUIN and QIP projects, NICE benchmarking and compliance requirements as required within MDT
Service Redesign and Cultural Change
Bring an understanding of psychological change processes to own role within MDT
Service Evaluation and Research
Participate in clinical audits as required within MDT
Undertake service evaluation and research in MDT
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Post-graduate doctoral level training (or its equivlanet) in Applied Psychology as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- • HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist
- • Must have experience/interest in: Working with and assessing children, young people and their families with complex mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental conditions
- • Risk assessment and risk management
- • Adapt creatively the evidence base for interventions relevant to child and adolescent mental health
- • Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and undertake care co-ordination/lead practitioner responsibilities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, systemic therapy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Wendy Harrison-Frazer
- Job title
- Consultant Psychologist/Professional Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07817 568705
- Additional information
Anna Barlow - Service Manager
01902 444021
07552 855462
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