Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: The post is full time but we are also open to considering requests for part-time hours.
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 373-CYP1238-B RR
- Employer
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maple House
- Town
- Birkenhead
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
Job overview
**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 please see attached document.
If this applies to you, please state this on your application so we can discuss this with you if you are invited to interview.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 8a Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead to join us in Wirral Access / 0-18 Team, CYPMHS. The post is full time but we are also open to considering requests for part-time hours.
Wirral Access Team provides comprehensive assessment, formulation, and signposting for children and young people presenting with moderate to severe mental health problems. This new role of 8a Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead will be a valuable addition to the multi-disciplinary team.
MyMind CYPMHS in Wirral are working together with families and community services to improve mental health through accessible, inclusive, specialist care and support, to increase children and young people’s potential and life chances.
The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Co-ordinator, Team Manager and the Consultant Clinical Psychologist to offer clinical leadership and strategic oversight to Wirral Access Team. They will have a role in liaising with other CYP organisations across Wirral, to ensure effective inter-agency working and service development.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead will offer highly specialist psychological assessment of children and young people presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The role will involve offering case discussion / debrief to support psychological thinking about families, and offering psychological advice and guidance to colleagues in relation to cases with high levels of risk and complexity.
The post holder will be responsible for a range of clinical governance activities, to ensure safe, effective and high-quality service delivery. They will develop the workforce through provision of clinical supervision, psychological consultation, and continuing professional development, to members of the team. They will engage in a range of research, audit and service evaluation activities to promote best practice and ensure positive outcomes for those who access our service.
The post holder will advance the application of evidence, theory, and research into practice within the team. It is anticipated that the post holder will offer placements for Trainee Clinical Psychologists to promote a culture of learning in the team, and embed psychological approaches.
This is an exciting time to join the service to be part of the thinking about how we meet the national access target in terms of strengthening formulation. This is a dynamic opportunity to provide a bridging role between our access (initial assessment team) and our 0-18 MH team, to support formulation, care planning, consistency of assessment and guide the extended assessment pathway.
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 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.
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. A ‘Guide to completing your application form’ can be accessed on the bottom of this page under the job description, or via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance
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.
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
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specific models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
- Maintain Chartered status.
- Completed post qualification training re: Clinical Supervision.
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff education and training, and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Specialist therapy training, (e.g. CBT, DDP, Family and Systemic therapies.)
- Previous experience of working in teams.
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment and intervention.
- High level of ability to communicate effectively at a written and oral level. The ability to write complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to children/young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to function independently as a Clinical Psychologist in a team.
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex multivariate data analysis
- Practised within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
- Specialist knowledge and expertise in relation to a particular speciality as demonstrated by post-doctoral training. This may take the form of a continuous training course, or a number of short courses, or evidence of workplace training via specialist supervision.
- Ability to use this specialist knowledge for service development as well as in a clinical capacity
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and mental health
- Experience or special interest in. areas such as Attachment Theory and associated therapeutic interventions, vulnerable groups and their specific needs e.g. CIN. CP, CLA, YOS and/or Eating Disorders and their specialist treatment programmes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum two years’ experience post qualification of specialist psychological assessment and intervention with children/young people across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient settings.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal/physical abuse.
- Experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist for two years, with full responsibility for children/young people’s psychological care, individually and as part of a multiprofessional care-plan.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching, training and supervision.
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of service users and carer involvement in services.
- Post qualification experience of working with children and young people with chronic health conditions.
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
- Angharad ONeill
- Job title
- Clinical Lead / Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03003033157
- Additional information
We anticipate that there will be a high level of applications for this post, and so potential applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Please contact by email in the first instance
For further information and for informal discussion please contact:
Ang O’Neill, Clinical Lead / Clinical Director [email protected] or
Dr Beth Larham, Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead [email protected]
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