Clinical Psychologist

Job responsibilities

Based at any of our England hubs

Status: 12 month fixed-term maternity cover contract

Salary: Band 7, £47,320 to £54,150, per annum, dependent on experience

Hours: Full and Part-time hours available

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About Us:

Combat Stress is the UKs leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century weve been helping former service personnel deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide servicesin-person, and viaphoneandonline.

About the role:

We have two exciting opportunities for Band 7 Clinical or Counselling Psychologists or BABCP Accredited CBT Therapists to join our team. We require highly skilled and motivated practitioners to work as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team providing high quality, specialist evidence-based treatment to Veterans. The post holders will be innovative, enthusiastic and flexible and able to work both autonomously and as part of the team.

Key elements of the roles will include;

delivering CBT on a one to one and group basis including intensive trauma focused CBT

contributing psychological expertise as part of a multi-disciplinary team

contributing to service evaluation, audit and research

contributing to policy and service development

We are particularly interested in receiving applications from those with experience in the specialist field of trauma

All psychological therapists at Combat Stress are professionally managed with appropriate levels of supervision, peer support and specialist training.

This role is subject to a DBS check.

What we offer:

You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.

Benefits:

27 days annual leave, with an increase to 30 days annual leave upon 5 years of continuous service, plus bank holidays and an additional increase to 33 days annual leave upon 10 years continuous service, plus bank holidays.

Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary

Discount shopping vouchers

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working

Access to Blue Light Card scheme

Death in Service Scheme

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Closing date: 6 March 2026

Interview date: TBC

Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants

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Thank you for your interest in working for Combat Stress.

If your application is shortlisted, one of the team will contact you shortly after the closing date to let you know the next steps.

Please be aware that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to all applicants. If you do not hear from the team within 3 weeks of the closing date, we will not be taking your application further on this occasion.

We will keep your details for up to 6 months after the vacancy has been successfully filed. Please feel free to contact us if you no longer wish us to hold your details.

Once again, thank you for your interest in working at Combat Stress.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Skills in the use of a range of methods of
• psychological assessment (including
• psychometric tests), intervention and
• management for the full range of
• problems of severity and complexity
• presented in adult mental health,
• including challenging behaviours.
• Well-developed knowledge and skills in
• the theory and practice of CBT.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally
• and in writing, with clients, their families,
• carers and other professional colleagues
• both with statutory and non-statutory
• services.
• Excellent IT skills
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant
• professional HCPC and/or BABCP code
• of conduct
• Conflict resolution skills
• Ability to develop and maintain a dynamic
• working environment
• Excellent working knowledge of Health
• and Safety
• Excellent working knowledge of Equality
• and Diversity
• Ability to provide and accept constructive
• feedback
• Proven ability to make decisions and
• develop others in this area
• Ability to manage work under pressure

Desirable

• Skills in providing consultation to other
• professional and non-professional groups.
• Knowledge of legislation in relation to the
• client group (i.e., British veterans) and
• mental health.
• Knowledge of current developments in
• veterans mental health
• Knowledge of veteran culture and veteran
• agencies
• Evidence of commitment to continuing
• professional development as required
• by the HCPC and British Psychological
• Society and/or the BABCP

Qualifications

Essential

• EITHER 1) HCPC registered psychologist who has
• completed Post Graduate doctoral level training in
• counselling or clinical psychology, including
• specifically models of two or more distinct
• psychological therapies to include CBT
• AND/OR 2) BABCP accredited CBT Therapist with a
• professional health and social care qualification
• satisfying SSSC requirement. ie. RMN, Social
• Worker, OT etc.
• Experience of psychological assessment
• and treatment of clients across a range of
• care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety
• of adult client groups presenting with
• problems that reflect the full range of
• mental health disorders experienced by
• veterans (e.g., trauma, anxiety disorders,
• depression, substance misuse) of varying
• clinical severity.
• Significant experience of delivering CBT
• Experience of working with a
• multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Completion of further post-qualification
• CPD/training in areas of practice relevant to
• the post, ideally including working with
• PTSD/trauma-related psychological difficulties
• Experience of delivering CBT supervision
• Experience of working with mental health
• services with British Veterans
• Experience of contributing to teaching and
• training
• Experience of the application of psychological
• therapies in different cultural contexts.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).