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

Band 8a (or Newly Qualified Phycologist)

0 0.4–1.0 WTE| Reading| Hybrid Working

We are recruiting motivated and compassionate Highly Specialist Clinical/Counselling Health Psychologists to join our Clinical Health Psychology Service.

Opportunities include

Gastroenterology Service - Royal Berkshire Hospital & Erleigh Road Clinic (1.2WTE)

Acute Stroke Unit - Royal Berkshire Hospital & Outpatient Neuropsychology -Berkshire Healthcare (0.4WTE)

ME/CFS Service - Berkshire Healthcare (0.4WTE)

Community Psychological Medicine Service - Berkshire Healthcare (MUS/FND) (0.4WTE)

Haematology Service - Royal Berkshire Hospital & Berkshire Healthcare (0.4WTE)

You will work within well-established multidisciplinary teams, managing a specialist clinical caseload, contribute to service development with supervision and support from the Principal Psychologist.

These roles are primarily Band 8a however we welcomenewly qualified psychologists with an interest in clinical health and we will provide you with a structured development pathway.

You will join a vibrant and supportive Service which also covers ICU, Pain, Bariatrics, Inpatient Neurorehabilitation ward, Diabetes and Cancer Services. Roles are jointly commissioned by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust and Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust.

Applicants need only submit one application indicating preferred services.

Please note that if you have applied for this role within the past 3 months, we kindly ask that you do not apply again

• 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 Gray at Alan.Gray@berkshire.nhs.uk

Gastroenterology -Dr Abi Wroe at Abigail.Wroe@berkshire.nhs.uk

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

MUS/FND – Dr Abrar Hussainabrar.hussain@berkshire.nhs.uk

Haematology – Dr Lissy Otto lissy.otto@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 20 May 2026

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