Job summaryAdvert for Wolverhampton Pain 8a/7-8a 0.2WTE
We have an exciting opportunity for a Practitioner (Clinical, Counselling or Health) Psychologist to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service. This is a part time (0.2WTE), 8a role, in our Chronic Pain Service. We would also consider a recently qualified Practitioner Psychologist for a 7-8a development role. The post holder will be based in Wolverhampton, with the expectation that they will work across our other sites across the Black Country, if service need required this. The successful applicant will provide input to the multi-disciplinary pain management programme, alongside a small caseload of 1:1 work. The aim of our service is to decrease psychological distress, improve quality of life, patient experience and enhance wellbeing in those who have a physical health condition, supporting people to live well, alongside their condition.
The service also offers teaching, training and consultancy to staff from the multi-disciplinary team to enable them to manage psychological issues with their patients and incorporate psychological principles into their own practice. This provides the postholder with variety in their work and the opportunity to use the full range of their skills.
We will use the stepped care model based on the guidance, with physical health psychology offering direct work with the most complex patients and supporting the team to work with lower-level distress.
Main duties of the job- Provides highly specialist psychological assessment of clients with highly complex conditions based on the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources, which may include neuropsychological testing.
- Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of client harm, abuse or neglect, including poor clinical practice, reporting all such concerns and taking all reasonable steps to protect the client. Responsible for identifying and reporting concerns regarding the safeguarding of children who may be at risk.
- Undertakes risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provides specialist advice to other professionals on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
- Formulates plans for highly specialist psychological therapy and/or management of clients' mental health conditions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence-based practice. Negotiates the implementation of such plans with clients and/or their carers.
- Implements a range of highly specialist psychological therapies for individual clients, carers, families and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations as required.
- Undertakes highly skilled evaluations and makes decisions about treatment options.
About usWe are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, compassionate, and motivated Clinical or Counselling Psychologist to join our friendly, innovative, and highly valued Clinical Health Psychology Service within Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Our Clinical Health Psychology Service supports individuals in adapting to and managing the psychological impact of physical health conditions, helping people to develop meaningful and creative ways of living well alongside illness. The service currently operates across Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Sandwell & West Birmingham, delivering a range of specialist psychological services across the Black Country.
DetailsDate posted: 21 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year Pro Rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 285-4939-MH
Job locations: New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP, United Kingdom
Job responsibilitiesSupervisory/Professional Responsibility- Clinical supervision of Trainee Applied Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
- Clinical supervision of Band 7 Applied Psychologists working within immediate area, under the guidance of Consultant Applied Psychologist
- Will hold responsibility and accountability for their own actions, ensuring appropriate support and supervision is sought when required.
- To keep abreast of current developments in this field through reading, attendance at appropriate training courses, and a range of other CPD activities, and to ensure that a log is kept of this in line with HCPC requirements.
- To contribute, as appropriate, to the teaching offered on the local Applied Psychology training courses.
Person SpecificationEducation/ QualificationsEssential- Post-graduate doctoral level training in applied Psychology (or its equivalent) as accredited by the BPS including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
- HCPC registration as an Applied Psychologist with Chartered Status
- Trained in clinical supervision and the supervision of doctoral trainees
ExperienceEssential- Working as a qualified applied psychologist within the designated service including a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and a range of clinical severity across a range of care settings.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). 
