Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Bristol

Job summary

Clinical or Counselling Psychologist in Bristol Early Intervention Team, providing specialist psychological interventions, supervision and training.

The post holder will be an integral member of the Early Intervention team as well as being supported by psychology colleagues in the Complex Psychological Interventions team (CPI)

Main duties of the job

o To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to patients and carers within the Bristol Early Intervention for Psychosis (EIP) Service.

o To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients' formulation and psychological management to other non-psychologist colleagues.

o To use highly specialist psychological knowledge and skills to contribute to the more effective management of patients by the various teams in the area and where appropriate outside of the area.

o To clinically supervise/line manage trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, CAPs and less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals.

o To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the Early Intervention team.

o To develop and deliver training in psychological therapies for multidisciplinary staff.

o To provide a lead role for the CPI within EIP team.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

28 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

15 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-BR080-0526

Job locations

Campbell House

Montague Place

Bristol

BS6 5UB

United Kingdom