Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: The post holder will be required to cover all CMHTs within the locality
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 373-SMH2315
- Employer
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Upton Lea/ Vale House/ Cherry Bank
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £46,148 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
Job overview
**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000**
The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.
We have an exciting opportunity for two enthusiastic individuals to join our developing clinical psychology service embedded within our Adult Community Mental Health Service.
Psychological therapies for severe mental health problems are an integral part of community mental health transformation. The appointment of two additional Clinical Psychologists to join the Principal Clinical Psychologist/ Locality Lead is the next step in developing a psychological workforce that can offer timely access to evidence based psychological therapies and foster a psychologically informed environment.
The successful candidates will participate in the delivery of specialist evidenced based interventions, in-depth assessments, formulations and supervision for other practitioners and trainee Clinical Psychologists.
The post is offered as a permanent 8a position for an experienced Clinical Psychologist, and applications are also welcome from recently /soon to be qualified individuals who have a keen desire to work in this area. For newly qualified applicants, the post will be offered as a development post, band 7-8a, in line with the trust’s Preceptorship and Development post protocol.
Informal discussions and visits are welcomed.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high-quality specialist psychology service, including specialist psychological assessment, therapy and consultation to adults who are under the care of West Cheshire CMHTs.
In CWP, we have good links with Northwest doctoral training programmes and regularly offer trainee placements. The post holder would be expected to clinically supervise and manage the workloads of trainee clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists within the service as required.
Supervision will be from the locality lead (Principal Clinical Psychologist) and the postholder will be expected to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
You will work alongside the lead Clinical Psychologist to support ongoing service development.
You will be committed to your own continuing professional development and have a role in supporting the development and training of the multi-disciplinary team as well as a critical awareness of the importance of building and maintaining good relationships with other services. There will be opportunities to contribute to service evaluation, audit, and research.
Working for our organisation
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.
Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.
We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.
CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.
To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This programme welcomes you to CWP and provides you with information and training to support you in your role.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email – [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Additional Psychotherapy qualification relevant to working with clients with complex psychological and mental health difficulties
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Skills in conducting complex psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in completing neuropsychological assesssments, interpretation of results, and ability to communicate these sensitively as appropriate
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and /or clinically sensitive information to clients and professional colleagues within and outside the NHS
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Skills in providing Consultation to other professionals and nonprofessional groups
- Evidence of supervision training/qualification
- Experience of supervising Assistant Psychologists, other psychological practitioners and/or MDT colleagues in psychological approaches
- Experience of research, audit/service evaluation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as a clinical psychologist therapeutically with adult clients with varied complex, psychological and mental health difficulties
- Experience of working within multi-professional teams
- Experience of engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent clients
- Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of liaison with other health professionals
- Experience of providing teaching and training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Becky Stockley
- Job title
- Principal Clinical Psychologist / Locality Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07586551370
- Additional information
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [email protected] or telephone 01244 393100.
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