Job summary
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.
Come and join our dynamic East Cheshire Community Mental Health Teams! You will be working alongside a well-established MDT including social workers, mental health nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, and many other AHPs who will support you in delivering excellent holistic care.
CWP are seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist to join our team. The post holder will cover the Crewe and Macclesfield area (East/Central) patch.
Crewe is well known for its extensive transportation links and thriving live music scene as well as a range of amenities that make it an up-and-coming town to work in. While Macclesfield is a scenic market town with historic providence, hosting extensive transportation links and free on-site care parking.
While primarily responsible for supporting the management of our developing psychology offer within the East/Central CMHTs and delivering a quality clinical service, the post holder would also be supported to be actively involved in the strategic development of the team and broader services.
Come and join us on this opportunity to grow and learn alongside a robust team of clinical professionals and truly make a difference to the community we serve!
Main duties of the job
1. To lead on the delivery of specialist psychology services to clients open to Community Mental Health Services (East 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, 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.
About us
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS.
* Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
* HCPC registration.
Desirable
* Formal qualification in supervision.
* BPS chartered status and/or membership of ACPUK.
Experience
Essential
* Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist.
* Experience of providing consultation, training, support and supervision/reflective practice to other professionals and non-professionals.
* Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
* Service development experience.
Desirable
* Involvement in local and/or national academic and/or professional body and other professional activities.
Knowledge & Expertise
Essential
* Highly specialist skills in undertaking complex psychological and cognitive/neuropsychological assessment, intervention, and evaluation frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Well-developed skills for communicating effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
* Formally trained and expert in supervising Trainee Clinical Psychologists.
* Well-developed knowledge of the theory and practice of applied psychology and specialised psychological therapies in working with people with complex difficulties (e.g. severe MH problems; personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities etc).
Desirable
* Leadership training and/or awareness of different leadership models and systems thinking.
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer details
Employer name
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Delamere Resource Centre/Jocelyn Solly Resource Centre
Crewe/Macclesfield
CW12ER
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