Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	04 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£57,888 - £64,880 per annum (inc. of HCAS)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	03 April 2026
Location:	Reading, RG1 5LR
Company:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7849388/371-TAP-CHS1135-4

Summary

Highly Specialist Clinical / Counselling Psychologist

Band 8a (Band 7– 8a development post considered)

00.4–1.0 WTE | Reading | Hybrid Working

We are recruiting motivated and compassionateHighly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Health Psychologiststo join our Clinical Health Psychology Service.

Current opportunities include:
• Gastroenterology Service based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (1.2WTE)
• Acute Stroke Unit based at Royal Berkshire Hospital and Outpatient Neuropsychology based at Berkshire Healthcare (0.4WTE)
• ME/CFS Service based at Berkshire Healthcare (0.4WTE)
• Community Psychological Medicine Service based at Berkshire Healthcare (MUS/FND) (0.4WTE)

All roles involve working within well-established multidisciplinary teams, managing a specialist clinical caseload, and contributing to service development. Postholders will receive supervision and professional support from the Principal Psychologist.

These roles are Band 8a, however, applications are also welcomed from Band 7 with the relevant clinical experience interested in a structured development pathway to 8a.

You will join a vibrant and supportive Clinical Health Psychology Service at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which also covers ICU, Haematology, Pain, Bariatrics, Inpatient Neurorehabilitation ward, and Cancer Services.

These exciting roles are jointly commissioned by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust.
• Advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to other clinical members of the teams providing psychologically and physically based care and treatment.
• Direct therapeutic clinical work with individuals living with long term physical health conditions
• Service delivery, service planning and care pathways.

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: 
• Doctoral qualification in clinical or counselling psychology
• Evidence of post qualification or specialist training to accreditable level in areas of psychological/psychotherapy practice directly related to the clinical requirements of this post
• Experience of specialist assessment and formulation and treatment of adults in inpatient and/or community physical health settings.
• Relevant experience of working with long-term health conditions.
• HCPC registration

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. 

If you would like to discuss any of these roles in more detail prior to application, please contact:

ASU/Outpatient Neuropsychology- Dr Alan GrayatAlan.Gray@berkshire.nhs.uk

Gastroenterology - Dr Abi WroeatAbigail.Wroe@berkshire.nhs.uk

ME/CFS -Dr Kate Smartkate.smart@berkshire.nhs.uk

MUS/FND –Dr Lucy Cogdell-BrookeLucy.Cogdell-Brooke@berkshire.nhs.uk

Applications for this role will be considered on a first come first serve basis and we may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found

Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. 


This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Apr 2026

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