Band 6 Clinical Associate Psychologist - Bristol

Job summary

AWP Specialised Services have embarked on an exciting journey to provide the first NHS Gambling Service for the South West of England. This new remote team provides online treatment to people who want help with their gambling as well as their families and significant others.

We have a new position available for a Qualified Clinical Associate Psychologist, to deliver online specialist psychological interventions to people seeking help for gambling. The role will involve assessment, formulation and treatment, drawing on CBT, Motivational Interviewing and Family Interventions, both in group and individual formats. You will be part of our MDT, participating in relevant meetings and processes, and working in a trauma informed way.

As Gambling services are a new development for the NHS we will provide support and training to help you in your role. There will also be opportunities to get involved in helping the service evolve and develop. We are a remote working service, but the role will involve some face to face appointments and regular in-person team meetings.

If you are interested in being part of a new and emerging area of clinical practice then we would welcome your application. Please see the local information sheet for more details and if you would like an informal discussion please contact Clare Bootle (c.bootle1@nhs.net, 01225 258250) or Laura Bartlett (laura.bartlett7@nhs.net, 01225 258250). We look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

This role is semi-autonomous working in the South West Gambling Service under supervision of a local Clinical Psychologist/BABCP accredited practitioner.

Psychological assessment and formulation of specified client group depending on service need and skills/training of practitioner.

Offer defined evidence based psychological interventions to that specific client group, in particular cognitive behaviour therapy.

Working with Service Users experiencing gambling harms across South West of England.

You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team.

To act as a keyworker to a defined caseload for whom they are providing the main psychological intervention. Where the demands of care coordination extend beyond the psychological intervention, the care coordination will be reviewed.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

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

29 June 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

342-SS067-0626

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road

Bristol

BS16 2EW

United Kingdom