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We are pleased and excited to announce the opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Principal Clinical Psychologist (band 8b) to join our Cheshire West Community Mental Health Service, to lead on the delivery of psychological assessments and interventions within the three Cheshire West CMHTs. 

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to work with clients and lead a team, in the community, at an exciting time of transformation for Community Mental Health Services. 

The successful candidate will play a vital role in setting up a new team who will support each other and strive to deliver an exceptional service for its patients.  

As a team, we work hard to ensure we can have a positive impact on a service user’s recovery journey, whilst being supported and encouraged to develop through regular supervision and access to training. 

This post is full time 37.5 hours per week, however flexible working/job sharing can be considered for the right candidate.

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As a trust we support the development of Clinical Skills so that we can deliver evidence-based interventions for patients. The successful candidate would therefore be joining a highly skilled & supportive team with a range of disciplines and expertise available. The post-holder would be expected to co-ordinate Trainee Clinical Psychology placements in the Cheshire West Community Mental Health Service and support the development of psychological skills and knowledge within the teams.

1. To lead on the delivery of specialist psychology services to clients open to Community Mental Health Services (West locality).
2. To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy/treatment and interventions.
3. To offer advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to multidisciplinary colleagues and to other, non-professional carers.
4. To provide training, supervision and support to multidisciplinary colleagues.
5. To supervise assistant psychologists, trainee clinical psychologists and qualified clinical psychologists and other psychological practitioners as agreed.
6. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team.
7. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research.
8. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

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 aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.