B7/8a Preceptorship - Clinical/Counselling Psychologist- ICoN Team

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

B7/8a Preceptorship - Clinical/Counselling Psychologist- ICoN Team
The closing date is 01 December 2026

Job summary
Band: Band 7 - 8a (Preceptorship Role)
Base: Park House, Cannock (but travel across the South Staffs region will be necessary).

The Integrated Occurring Needs (ICoN) Pathway launched in January 2023, as a jointly funded pathway between Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and the Staffordshire County Council Public Health Team. The aim of this pathway is to provide needs-led collaborative care to service users that are experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties alongside substance use related difficulties.

Are you coming to the end of training and seeking a role with career progression built in for your first post? Perhaps you are a Band 7 who would like to be supported to achieve a more senior position, or a Band 8a looking for an exciting new challenge with an innovative, integrated treatment pathway?

Whilst allocated to the Cannock area, the ability to travel across the region as required will be necessary, however, it is envisaged that a blend of face-to-face and remote working as appropriate will also help to minimise travel.

Main duties of the job

• The systematic provision of a specialist psychology service to people with complex, co-occurring mental health and substance use needs within the Integrated Co-occurring Needs (ICoN) Pathway, working across relevant localities as agreed with the Principal Clinical Psychologist and Team Leader. This is to involve providing specialist psychological assessments, leading to psychological formulations of distress; interpretation and opinion; forming judgements to inform service provision and the delivery of necessary evidence-based psychological interventions, with consideration to the needs of carer(s) and/or family
• Ensuring the continuing development of a trauma-informed, recovery focused model of care, enhancing service user and carer involvement
• Engaging with a wide spectrum of agencies, statutory and voluntary, to enhance client care and minimise social exclusion and to promote by example high standards of care and positive values.
• Advising, training, supervising and providing consultation to multi-disciplinary and -agency colleagues as appropriate, on complex co-occurring needs and clients' psychological care packages and treatment plans. This may include non-psychologists as well as non-professional carers

About us
Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Details
Date posted: 09 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £64,750 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 301-VS-26-8397634

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Post-holder is registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) and eligible for BPS registration as a Chartered Clinical/Counselling Psychologist,
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical/counselling psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS
• Post-graduate training and accreditation in psychological approaches, courses accredited by the BPS, BABCP, EMDR Association Europe, or equivalent.

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by relevant professional bodies.

Experience
Essential

• Assessed experience of working as a qualified psychological therapist at a highly specialist level and extensive experience of supervision of others.
• Experience of working with a range of client presentations, including experience working with people who have a diagnosis of psychosis and/or severe mental health problems, across a range of care settings. Maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems.
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a clinician and as a supervisor of others.

Desirable

• Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care.
• Experience of the application of psychological therapy in different cultural contexts. For example NHS, MoD.
• Experience of working with people with co-occurring needs

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Park House, Cannock, WS11 1JN, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply via the company portal

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Principal Clinical Psychologist, Dr Sarah Vassalos, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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