Clinical / Counselling Health Psychologist, Community Services

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.

Would you enjoy working with a small team of psychological professionals in a general hospital environment. We offer psychological assessment and intervention to people who have experienced a wide range of physical health conditions and are struggling with the physical, emotional and practical consequences of their diagnosis and treatment. We work with multidisciplinary colleagues directly with pain management provision or indirectly through supervision groups.

You would be working in a service provided by UHCW under a service level agreement into the George Eliot Hospital (GEH). We provide the general Clinical Health Psychological Service which accepts referrals from most clinical areas within the hospital, a paediatric diabetes post and a stroke rehabilitation post provided under this SLA. You will be part of Psychological Service at UHCW which delivers psychological care within UHCW, outpatients and Coventry community health provision. We are a welcoming team the successful applicant will work collaboratively with psychological colleagues across GEH and UHCW.

For a discussion about the post please contact Dr Jane Everett on 07879694717 or Dr Hannah Seabrook on 02476 967517

A full UK driving license is essential for this post. Please note that an international driving license is not accepted.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

To provide high quality specialist clinical psychology services to patients with physical health conditions based at George Eliot Hospital. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy across a number of different physical health specialties. They will offer advice and consultation on patient’s psychological care to colleagues from other disciplines, to patients’ families and carers. To supervise and support the psychological assessment and therapy provided by other clinicians involved with these services, working autonomously within professional guidelines, exercising full clinical responsibility, and implementing changes where necessary. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. They will provide supervision to trainee and assistant psychologists and participate in service development and governance of psychological practice within the Physical Health Psychological Service

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

• To provide highly specialist psychological assessments and therapy of people with physical health conditions using highly complex psychological data gained from a wide variety of sources. This will include inpatient and outpatient referrals to the clinical health psychology service at George Eliot Hospital.
• To ensure the systematic provision of psychological service, including the responsibility to prioritise work appropriately.
• To use psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with patients, family members and others involved in the client’s care. To follow up and to re-assess clients when considered appropriate, using approved statistical methods in order to make valid comparisons. To communicate both orally, and in written reports, the content of these investigations and resulting formulations in order to support the work of multidisciplinary colleagues.
• To formulate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group and the nature and levels of social care available.
• To be responsible for devising and implementing plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s psychological problems based upon appropriate conceptual framework of their problems and employing methods of proven efficacy, across the full range of care settings.
• To provide highly specialist psychological advice, guidance, consultation and supervision to other professionals contributing directly to patient’s formulation, diagnosis, treatment plans and management of clients. This to include provision of advice and support to facilitate the effective use of psychological treatment by other members of staff where appropriate.
• To ensure that members of staff within George Eliot Hospital have access to psychologically based framework for understanding through the provision of advice, supervision, consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory. This will include attendance at MDT’s and service development meetings as appropriate.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Closing Date

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

This advert closes on Monday 9 Nov 2026