Pulse are currently recruiting to an amazing opportunity for a Preceptorship Role Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to lead on the development of Psychosocial Interventions in a Private Service in Cheshire. The ideal candidate will provide specialist evidence-based interventions to service users which address both problem substance use and concurrent mental health difficulties They will be supervised by a consultant clinical psychologist and have other opportunities to access multiple forms of specialist supervision across the psychology directorate, as well as access funding for their own specialism, whether that’s a particular psychological model or a specific client group.

The salary offered is up to £49,000 (pro rata to 22.5 hrs) plus excellent benefits.

The role includes:

  • Providing psychological assessment, formulation and interventions - working closely and liaising with the MDT/RSPT to develop comprehensive formulations and care plans.
  • Delivering individual and group-based treatments with a focus on skills and strategies to manage difficult and distressing emotions.
  • Adapting standard interventions to the particular demands of the Team working including brief crisis interventions and working with families and carers and other members of the community.
  • Delivering and/or evaluating trauma informed approaches to care, in particular, by introducing team formulations.
  • Developing specific training to enhance the systematic provision of psychological interventions offered to service users.
  • Reflective practice, supervision, consultation.

With the opportunity to:

  • Contribute to service development and transformation across the service.
  • Conduct service evaluation and quality improvement projects.
  • Receive teaching/training in trauma informed approaches to care and other agreed areas.

To be considered for this role you must:

  • Hold a doctorate in either Clinical or Counselling Psychology
  • Be HCPC registered
  • Have previous experience with addictions
  • Be analytical and show good attention to detail

Not for you but know the perfect candidate?

Recommend a friend to Pulse and you can earn £300 per recommendation, once they have worked over 200 hours*.

Apply for this Job

* Required
resume chosen  
(File types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf)


Our system has flagged this application as potentially being associated with bot traffic. Please turn off any VPNs, clear your browser cache and cookies, or try submitting your application in a different browser. If this issue persists, please reach out to our support team via our help center.
Please complete the reCAPTCHA above.