Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	22 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£50,008 - £56,908 per annum, pro rata (incl of HCAS)
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	21 August 2025
Location:	Reading, RG6 6BZ
Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7364827/371-MHS800-A

Summary

We are looking fora motivatedSpecialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologistto join the Berkshire Traumatic Stress Service (BTSS). BTSS is a specialist service providing assessment and treatment for adults with Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD).


You will provide specialistassessment andpsychological therapy for clients of the Berkshire Traumatic Stress Service, experiencing symptoms/difficulties consistent with PTSD or CPTSD. This will involve specialist and expert psychological assessment,formulationand evidence-based treatment.Interventions offered by the service are primarily trauma focused CBT (TF-CBT), EMDR, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), and you will have the opportunity to develop further skills in these areas. We offer phased approaches to treatment with CFT delivered in both group and individual formats, as well as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to multidisciplinary mental health staff, and other, non-professional carers.





You will be part of a dedicated and friendly team of psychologists and CBT therapists committed to providing the best care for traumatised individuals.


You will be based atErleghHouseatthe University of Reading.You may also work one day a weekfromthe Athena Centre, Upton Hospital, Slough.Thelocation has plenty of car parking, access to greenspacesand local shops and restaurants.

1. To conduct specialist psychological assessments and develop a clear and detailed formulation of the service user’s presenting difficulties and/or the systemic issues present.

1. In collaboration with clients, to formulate and deliver interventions for the psychological treatment and/or management of a client’s PTSD and complex PTSD based uponan appropriate conceptualframework,evidence-basedpracticeand NICE guidance.

1. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment optionstaking into accountboth theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual’s presentation.


Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

FOR SECONDMENT ROLES ONLY - If the secondment role becomes permanent, the successful candidate may be offered the permanent position.

The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: 

• Holder of HCPC registered Clinical/Counselling Psychology qualification and hold current HCPC registration


ORTrainee Clinical/Counselling Psychologist in final year with pending qualification and HCPC registration on completion of degree.

• Evidence of working with people who have experienced common mental health problems, across the lifespan and fromdifferent cultures.

• Evidence of experience of working with traumatised people including those with PTSD and C-PTSD

• Evidence of specialist skills inevidence-based treatments forPTSD and trauma related psychological distress,within the NICE guidelines

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.



This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025

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