Principal Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	20 Tachwedd 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£66,653 - £77,094 per annum, pro rata (inc. of HCAS)
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	20 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Bracknell, RG12 7FR
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7632348/371-MHS928-A

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This is anexcitingopportunityfor an experienced Psychologistto join a supportive, progressive and inclusive team withpsychologists centrally positioned andkeytoproviding clinical leadershipand oversight.Youwill be a member of the Bracknell Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) and Mental Health Integrated Community Service (MHICS) and therefore work across mental health services in both primary and secondary care.

MHICS offer a highly specialist psychological service to users presenting with severe/complex mental health difficulties requiring multiple interventions, complex/intensive risk management plans and high levels of multiagency workwhich includes working closely with GPs and primary care colleagues.

Youwill contribute to the Trust’s Community Mental Health Transformation initiative aimed at bridging the gap between primary and secondary care.

The successful candidate will joinanNHS Trustthatis dedicatedtowardscreatinga progressive, warm andfriendlyenvironmentfor service users.
• The post holderwillbea valued member ofBracknell CMHTand MHICS services,as well asbeing a part of Berkshire’swiderPsychological Therapiesteam.

• A key element of the role is providing clinical and professional leadership, supervision, consultation andexpertiseto junior psychological and other professionals, practitioners, and trainees within the service.

• Youwill provide direct and indirect psychological assessments and interventions, as well as specialist consultation,supervisionand training within the clinical team and across all sectors of related care.

• Youwill have capacity to work autonomously within professional and local guidelines and policies, as well as competence in collaborative, inclusive, and multi-agency working and service user engagement.

• You will be reliable and knowledgeable,andyou will have great IT skills and be familiar with variousITsystems and software packages.

• You will need access to your owncar andbe able to travel independently across Berkshirewhen needed.The requirement will be for you to be present at base or available to attend,everydayyou are employed.


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



The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role: 
• Post graduate doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996 or for those who completed their training overseas) and registered with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical/Counselling)
• Evidence of substantial post-qualification training and expert knowledge in psychological models and therapeutic approaches with an evidence base within the area of specialism and a commitment to ongoing Continuing Professional Development
• Significant experience working as a qualified specialist practitioner in the profession, including demonstrable post qualification experience at a highly specialist level in the area of specialism
• Significant and varied experience of working in the NHS
• Detailed and advanced knowledge of a range of evidence-based assessments and therapeutic interventions within designated clinical area, and the ability to lead the provision of these
• Able to travel independently between locations to fulfil the requirements and duties of the position
• An enhanced DBS check.

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 are 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.

We have identified that this is a role where we have underrepresentation of ethnically diverse colleagues. As part of our commitment to inclusion and Unity Against Racism we offer guaranteed interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria and identify as: Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, Mixed and ‘Other’ Ethnic Groups.

We strongly encourage informal approaches and conversations. Please do not hesitate to contact and we will be delighted to help answer any questions you may have. You may contact Ceri Lyck-Bowen (Lead Consultant Psychologist) on 0118 904 6800 or email: Ceri.Lyckbowen@berkshire.nhs.uk .

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 Tuesday 2 Dec 2025

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