Principal Applied Psychologist 8b Early Intervention in Psychosis inSandwell/Wolverhampton inSandwell/Wolverhampton PUBLISHED 3 DEC 2023

Band 8b: £62,215 to £72,293 a year Per annum  PERMANENT 
You will be an integral part of the Service, who work with clients with a diagnosis of, or who may be developing, a First Episode of Psychosis, and who often present with complex mental health, social and relational difficulties.

For a full list of responsibilities, please refer to Principal Clinical Psychologist job description.

Are you interested in providing a leadership role in the development and provision of psychological therapies in psychosis and those at risk of psychosis?

Are you looking for a diverse range of opportunities to further develop clinically and in your leadership role,
including additional training from a dedicated CPD budget?

Working in the Early Intervention in Psychosis Services in the Black Country may be for you!


This post will be based across two teams, including Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

You will act in a lead role in providing professional management and clinical supervision to Psychologists (at Band 8a below); and Psychological Therapists, and taking a lead role for the recruitment of psychology staff. You will provide specialist and highly skilled psychological assessments, formulations, interventions and evaluations of outcome for clients with complex mental health issues, social and emotional difficulties, their carers and/or families, and groups, with the aim of maximising well-being, social, emotional and occupational functioning, to improve relationships with self and others, and reduce risk to self and/or others.

You will take a lead role for Psychology within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Services, working to develop psychological provision for clients under the care of the service, through service development and the recruitment of psychology staff, and to provide professional management and clinical supervision to psychology staff within the service; as well as supporting the psychological thinking and interventions of non-psychology staff.

You will be an integral part of the Service, who work with clients with a diagnosis of, or who may be developing, a First Episode of Psychosis, and who often present with complex mental health, social and relational difficulties. The post holder will be expected to contribute fully offering highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation to individuals, families, and groups, as well as offering specialist advice and consultation to the team and other professionals. They will take a lead role in developing audits, research and service evaluation activity.

For a full list of responsibilities, please refer to Principal Clinical Psychologist job description.

Are you interested in providing a leadership role in the development and provision of psychological therapies in psychosis and those at risk of psychosis?

Are you looking for a diverse range of opportunities to further develop clinically and in your leadership role,
including additional training from a dedicated CPD budget?

Working in the Early Intervention in Psychosis Services in the Black Country may be for you!


This post will be based across two teams, including Sandwell and Wolverhampton.

You will act in a lead role in providing professional management and clinical supervision to Psychologists (at Band 8a below); and Psychological Therapists, and taking a lead role for the recruitment of psychology staff. You will provide specialist and highly skilled psychological assessments, formulations, interventions and evaluations of outcome for clients with complex mental health issues, social and emotional difficulties, their carers and/or families, and groups, with the aim of maximising well-being, social, emotional and occupational functioning, to improve relationships with self and others, and reduce risk to self and/or others.

You will take a lead role for Psychology within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Services, working to develop psychological provision for clients under the care of the service, through service development and the recruitment of psychology staff, and to provide professional management and clinical supervision to psychology staff within the service; as well as supporting the psychological thinking and interventions of non-psychology staff.

You will be an integral part of the Service, who work with clients with a diagnosis of, or who may be developing, a First Episode of Psychosis, and who often present with complex mental health, social and relational difficulties. The post holder will be expected to contribute fully offering highly specialist psychological assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation to individuals, families, and groups, as well as offering specialist advice and consultation to the team and other professionals. They will take a lead role in developing audits, research and service evaluation activity.



inSandwell/Wolverhampton
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