Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Older Adult Acute Pathway
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000
This is an exciting opportunity to be the strategic and professional lead for Older People Psychology provision within Acute Inpatient Services, with additional professional leadership responsibility for Community Older People Psychology, in East Cheshire. This brand new 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist Locality Lead post demonstrates CWP's commitment to improving the psychological and trauma informed care provided to patients, families and staff in the acute services pathway. This post is part of the first phase of creating an established and sustainable Trust-wide Psychology workforce within the acute pathway for older people and working age adults.
Main duties of the job
As the Consultant Clinical Psychologist Lead, you will be responsible for providing clinical, professional, and strategic leadership in developing and maintaining systematic, high-quality and comprehensive psychology services for older people within the acute pathway. You will also provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention, and input to care and treatment planning and discharge planning for individual patients, working as part of the multidisciplinary team.
About us
CWP is an innovative and transformational all-ages mental health service provider. There will be opportunities to join internal and external professional and clinical networks, undertake research, and provide training and support to the next generation of psychology and mental health practitioners. Clinical and professional supervision will be provided, and ongoing continuing professional development supported.
A relocation package is available for those meeting criteria. Flexible, part-time and job-sharing requests will be considered favourably. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and experienced people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
All applicants must be HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists with significant, relevant experience as per the job description and person specification.
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Doctoral level training in clinical psychology as accredited by the BPS.
* Registered with the HCPC.
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional relevant specialised areas of psychological practice.
* Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology (QiCN).
Knowledge and Expertise
* Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment.
* Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological approaches.
* Knowledge of relevant NHS structures, processes, and policies.
* Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
Experience
* Extensive assessed experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups.
* Experience of the professional and clinical supervision of qualified and pre-qualified clinical psychologists.
* Experience of policy and service development.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£74,290 to £85,601 a year Per Annum pro rata
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