Band 8a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist - Salisbury
The closing date is 11 January 2026
Job summary
Are you passionate about working alongside individuals experiencing a range of acute mental health difficulties, or in crisis? This newly created post offers the exciting opportunity to work across the acute care pathway in Salisbury.
This split post is two days per week with South Wiltshire Intensive Service and two days per week at Ashdown inpatient unit, a 6-bedded male psychiatric intensive care unit.
We support service users in their recovery from acute mental health challenges through multi-disciplinary professional teamwork and the adoption of evidence-based clinical practice. You will be joining established multidisciplinary teams, where the role of the psychologist is much valued. The successful applicant will be a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist with clearly demonstrable skills, experience and knowledge of working in a fast moving, often challenging multi-disciplinary environment. You will be comfortable and confident working with a high level of involvement with a broad staff team and with a client group with high levels of complexity, risk, and need.
The acute care psychology team is part of the Wiltshire Psychological Therapy Service. We are an enthusiastic and innovative team, which values the input and contribution of all team members and strives to offer the best services possible to our clients. The importance of support and supervision for psychology staff is well recognised, there are many opportunities for support, joint working and supervision.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide a comprehensive psychology service to both teams, including specialist assessment, evidence based formulation, individual and group brief interventions.
There is also a strong focus on indirect work with staff teams, through team formulation, reflective practice, training and provision of supervision.
You will need to be well organised with the ability to prioritise your work according to clinical need and liaise effectively with team colleagues and professionals in other teams/services.
Supervision of junior psychologists.
Manage and supervise the assistant psychologist.
There is the opportunity to help shape and develop the service dependant on skills and experience.
For full job description and person specification, please see attached documents.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
16 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
Reference number
342-WTS244-1225
Job locations
Fountain Way Hospital
Wilton Road
Salisbury
SP2 7FD
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Fountain Way Hospital
Wilton Road
Salisbury
SP2 7FD
Employer's website
http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Head of Wiltshire Psychological Therapies Service
Dr Marisol Cavieres
07543300054
Supporting documents
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