Clinical Psychologists

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Chester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust seeks a 0.5 WTE Clinical Psychologist for the Eating Disorders Service based in Wirral and West Cheshire. The post is anchored at Upton Lea, Bowmere Hospital, Chester, providing specialist psychological assessment and therapy for clients with eating disorders.

You will supervise trainees and colleagues, offer consultation to non-psychological staff, and contribute to service development within NHS guidelines.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent)
• HPC Registered with relevant psychotherapy qualification for complex cases
• Well developed communication skills, oral and written
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience supervising Assistant Psychologists or MDT colleagues
• Experience of neuropsychological assessments and interpreting results

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological leadership within the team
• Deliver clinical supervision to practitioners
• Assess and treat clients with Eating Disorders
• Facilitate team discussions and formulate cases
• Participate in quality improvement for psychological interventions
• Complete documentation to support ED treatment pathways

Skills

Clinical psychology

Consultation liaison

Supervision

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent)

Job description

A 0.5 WTE Clinical Psychology role is available in have become available in CWP Eating Disorders Service, based in the Wirral and West Cheshire Eating Disorders Service. Base will be Upton Lea, Bowmere Hospital, Chester. The successful candidate will provide a high quality, specialist psychology service to clients suffering from Eating Disorders. They will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy, as well as providing consultation and advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and carers. They will supervise trainees and qualified practitioners as agreed, working autonomously within the framework of the service's policies and procedures.

• Providing psychological leadership within the team.
• Delivering clinical supervision to practitioners
• Delivering assessment and treatment of clients with Eating Disorders
• Facilitating team discussions and formulating client cases.
• Participating in quality improvement measures in regard to psychological interventions.
• Completing appropriate documentation and processes to facilitate ED treatment pathways.

A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) or
• HPC Registered, Additional Psychotherapy qualification relevant to working with clients with complex psychological and mental health difficulties, 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
• Skills in completing neuropsychological assesssments, interpretation of results, and ability to communicate these sensitively as appropriate
• Evidence of supervision training/qualification
• Experience of supervising Assistant Psychologists, other psychological practitioners and/or MDT colleagues in psychological approaches
• Experience of research, audit/service evaluation, Experience of working as a clinical psychologist therapeutically with adult clients with varied complex, psychological and mental health difficulties
• Experience of working within multi-professional teams
• Experience of engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent clients
• Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care, Experience of liaison with other health professionals
• Experience of providing teaching and training, : Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall. As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.