Clinical Psychologists

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Part-time role

Flexible working

Term time hours

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is offering a 0.5 WTE Clinical Psychologist post in its Eating Disorders Service, based in the Wirral and West Cheshire area. The role is at Upton Lea, Bowmere Hospital, Chester, providing high-quality assessment and therapy for Eating Disorders.

The successful candidate will supervise trainees and staff, work autonomously within service policies, and contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology, or equivalent for earlier training.
• HCPC registration (HPC Registered).
• Additional psychotherapy qualification relevant to working with complex psychological and mental health difficulties.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Clinical psychology expertise

Supervision skills

Communication skills

Education

Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Job description

Main area Clinical Psychologists Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working
• Term time hours

18.75 hours per week (Office Hours, will consider applications from part time or full time applicants.) Job ref 373-SMH2689

Site Upton Lea Town Chester Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, 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 think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

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.

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 £16 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.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Qualifications

• 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

Knowledge & Expertise

• 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

• 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

Trust Values

• : Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Laura Hill Job title Clinical Psychologist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01625508507 Additional information

Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide 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.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT,finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

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