Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £79,163 - £90,880 per annum (inc. of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 March 2026 |
| Location: | Reading, RG6 6BZ |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7778204/371-CFS672 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 8c Consultant Clinical / Counselling Psychologist within our Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services; Getting More Help, Specialist Community teams, Targeted, Crisis and Alternative to Admission Services. This post is a full-time (1.0wte), 5 days a week, permanent post. The base is: Erlegh House and you will cover Berkshire-wide.
We are looking someone with a passion to ensure psychological therapies adhere to the highest quality level for children and young people and can develop staff within this.
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.
• To ensure the systematic provision of high-quality evidence-based specialist psychological provision within the area of responsibility, and collaborating closely with other psychological consultants, clinical and professional leads, develop cohesive psychological pathways across service boundaries.
• To work with other clinical and professional leads and managers within the wider services and across local/regional systems as required to support integrated multi-professional and multi-agency care.
• To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of psychological professionals and practitioners.
• To provide support and advice to managers and colleagues on all issues concerned with evidence-based psychological practice and provide expert clinical consultation and professional guidance to psychological practitioners and other staff within areas of responsibility.
• To lead on and carry out audit, quality improvement and research activities and/or programmes, working alongside the Clinical Director, Governance and Quality Improvement leads and operational managers and to propose and implement related policy and service development changes.
• To provide expert consultation, teaching and supervision to psychological professionals and practitioners, and other staff both within the service and external to the services/agencies, as agreed with their Operational and Professional Leads.
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 this role:
• Candidates must hold a UK recognised qualification in clinical/counselling psychology and/or psychotherapy and have current UK professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council or a core mental health profession and UKCP registration.
• DBS check is required.
• Ability to travel between bases in Berkshire as required.
• Motivated and enthusiastic clinical leadership.
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.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact: Kim Jones by email Kim.Jones@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
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 Monday 16 Feb 2026
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