Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 373-SMH2175-C RR
- Employer
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Psychology CoCH Health Park
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
Job overview
0.4 WTE 8a Clinical Psychologist
Tier 3 Weight Management – West Cheshire & Warrington
**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 are looking for a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist to provide a Psychology assessment, formulation, intervention and consultation service to the multidisciplinary Tier 3 Weight Management Service based in West Cheshire and Warrington. This post provides a unique and exciting opportunity to be the Clinical Psychologist lead for Tier 3 Weight Management in a welcoming, supportive, and specialist physical health care NHS service.
The post is suitable for a Clinical Psychologist who wishes to develop their skills and knowledge in the clinical area of Tier 3 Weight Management, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and interventions to patients and advice and consultation to multi-professional colleagues in the team. The role will involve developing bespoke interventions, both individual and group, for patients accessing the service, and providing psychological assessments, formulations and advice regarding appropriateness of onward referral to Tier 4 Bariatric Surgery.
Main duties of the job
The post is filled via a Service Level Agreement with the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, with supervision and development opportunities provided by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) NHS Foundation Trust. CWP has strong links with the three local Clinical Psychology doctoral training programmes at Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester Universities and it is anticipated that the post holder will provide Trainee Clinical Psychologist placements. Research and service evaluation will be a key feature of the post, and CWP offers training and support via the SORT-IT (Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative) programme. Both professional and clinical supervision is available for the post holder from CWP. The post holder will be welcomed into the Psychology family that exists within CWP and includes opportunities to become an active contributor to CWP Psychology developments.
The post is 2 days a week (0.4 WTE, 15 hours), with input split evenly between the West Cheshire and Warrington teams. Opportunities exist to consider additional hours per week in other specialist services provided by CWP. We welcome enquiries from interested applicants including those who may be looking for additional part-time Clinical Psychology NHS work. Unfortunately, due to the level of responsibility required in this post, we are unable to provide this as a Band 7 to 8a development post.
Working for our organisation
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, 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 think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
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. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [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.
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.
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
- Lisa Hulmes
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- 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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