Company: Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Location: Bristol
Posted: May 8th, 2026
Later Life Inpatient Psychology Lead, BNSSG: Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
Band 8b (0.4-0.6WTE)
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic lead for Later Life Inpatient Psychology to oversee psychological and psychologically-informed care for older people on AWP wards covering Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
It is an exciting time to join us and help shape our response to the national aspiration to transform inpatient mental health care. You will need to be an experienced psychologist with extensive knowledge of inpatient care for older people with a track record of service-level working including service development and training development/delivery. The post holder will significantly contribute to work developing multidisciplinary inpatient training in Trauma Informed Care and psychologically-informed care approaches (including Comprehend Cope Connect formulation), whilst expanding the access to psychological therapy on wards, ensuring the needs of older people are understood and responded to throughout. The successful candidate will need strong leadership skills in order to build relationships and achieve the ambitions of inpatient transformation
To develop, co-ordinate and ensure the psychological provision for older people on BNSSG wards, primarily overseeing specialist later life ward care but also considering care for older people who are admitted to other acute mental health wards or psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs).
To use strong leadership skills to ensure that ongoing Inpatient Transformation projects relevant to psychology meet the needs of older people.
As agreed, to provide clinical/managerial supervision to later life inpatient psychologists and to provide specialist consultation to the wider system.
To collaborate in covering inpatient psychology management tasks, as delegated by the Divisional lead for Inpatient Psychological therapies.
To personally provide highly specialist clinical input through carrying a small caseload.
To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
To promote service evaluation, audit, research and policy development.
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