Main area
Practitioner Psychologist
Grade
Band 7 - Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
373-SMH1993-D RR
Site
Delamere Resource Centre
Town
Crewe
Salary
£43,742 - £57,349 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/10/2024 23:59
Job overview
We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000 for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.
We are excited to advertise this development post for a passionate and enthusiastic, HCPC registered, Clinical or Counselling Psychologist.
We have a small, friendly Psychology team comprising of a Principal Clinical Psychologist, a highly specialist Clinical Psychologist, a CBT therapist, and 2 Assistant Psychologists.
We are committed to trauma-informed care and practice from a range of models such as psychodynamic, schema-informed therapy, CBT, and DBT, adjusting all our work to meet the needs of neurodivergent people.
We have close links with local Clinical Psychology Doctoral courses and routinely offer Adult and specialist placements to trainee Clinical Psychologists. We encourage 3rd year trainee Clinical Psychologists to apply, especially if your specialist placement is in CMHT/Complex mental Health services. This vacancy provides excellent career development opportunities and the successful candidate will be supported to access formal psychological therapy training, supported by NHSE on modalities such as SCM, CAT, and CBT for Psychosis.
Main duties of the job
The Trust is committed to supporting career progression for Practitioner Psychologists. The successful candidate will be supported with extensive professional and clinical supervision frameworks and opportunities to develop their specialist clinical and professional skills through an extensive and well-resourced CPD structure.
For the qualified 8A candidate, supervision training is essential.
We are passionate about developing a diverse and flexibly working workforce and support hybrid working.
To provide a highly specialist psychology service to clients with complex psychological and mental health presentations, including specialist psychological assessment and interventions, and providing consultation and advice on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and other non-professional carers.
To supervise trainees, assistant psychologists, and other qualified psychological practitioners as agreed, and to work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. Regular engagement with clinical supervision and CPD activities is expected, according to professional registration requirements.
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 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.
CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, promoting equality and diversity, and developing a culture that values differences.
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 – cwp.recruitment@nhs.net 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 £13 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, counselling or health psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
* HCPC Registered (Band 8a)
* BABCP/UKCP or other relevant registration professional body (Band 8a)
* Additional Psychotherapy qualification/ training relevant to working with complex presentations in one or more psychological therapies e.g CBT, Compassion focused Therapy, Brief interpersonal therapy, Dynamic Interpersonal therapy
* Supervision training (Band 8a)
Desirable criteria
* Core NHS/Social Services professional training
Knowledge & Expertise
Essential criteria
* Skills in conducting complex psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
* 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 non-professional groups (Band 8a)
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
* Knowledge of supervision theory and practice
* Skills in working with people with complex and specialist needs
* Ability to apply psychological knowledge creatively in developing new initiatives.
* Experience of liaison with other health professionals (Band 8a)
* Experience of providing teaching and training (Band 8a)
* Experience of contributing to policy and service development (Band 8a)
* Awareness of national health care policy and guidance (Band 8a)
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post-qualification NHS experience of working as a clinical, counselling or health psychologist therapeutically with adult clients with varied psychological problems
* Experience of engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent clients
* Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care within the context of a multi –disciplinary teams and care plans.
* Experience of working as part of a multi-professional team
Desirable criteria
* Experience of liaison with other health professionals
* Experience of providing clinical supervision (Band 8a)
* Experience of providing teaching and training (Band 8a)
* Experience of contributing to policy and service development (Band 8a)
* Experience of working with Older Adults (Band 8a)
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.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Lina Papista
Job title
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address
lina.papista@nhs.net
Telephone number
01270 655200
Additional information
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact
cwp.recruitment@nhs.net
or telephone 01244 393100
Berniece Cross
Operational Team Manager
01270 655200
#J-18808-Ljbffr