Principal Clinical Psychologist - Locality Leads-East Cheshire

Cheshire And Wirral Partnership (cwp); Congleton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and care provider in Congleton is seeking a Principal Clinical Psychologist for their CRHTT. The role involves providing clinical leadership and conducting highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions. Applicants need to be HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists with significant relevant experience. The position offers flexibility and the potential for hybrid working, along with commitments to values-based recruitment. Join a supportive team passionate about improving mental health care.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive induction and training programs

Positive working environment

Qualifications

• Significant relevant experience in Clinical Psychology as per job description.
• Ability to provide training and supervision to a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in service evaluation and research in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership within the CRHTT.
• Lead on service evaluation, audit and research.
• Deliver specialist psychological assessments and interventions.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Psychological assessments

Training and consultancy

Education

HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist

Job description

We are looking to recruit a Principal Clinical Psychologist to our CRHTT, based in Congleton in east Cheshire.

This post is part of a wider workforce plan in Acute Psychology provision that demonstrates CWP's commitment to improving the psychological and trauma informed care provided to patients, families, and staff in the acute pathway.

The post is for 0.8 wte, and we are happy to consider flexible and/or hybrid working.

As the Principal Clinical Psychologist Locality Lead you will be responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership within the CRHTT.

The CRHTT in East Cheshire is an exciting team to work for as it is offers an excellent mix of excellent and well experienced practitioners alongside staff members that have joined the team recently, bringing significant enthusiasm and readiness for psychologically informed care.

Shortlisting to commence 8th December 2025.

You will work with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and the local leadership team to enhance and evaluate the psychological care offer within your team.

We champion relational and person centred ways of working, based on humanity and compassion across the Acute pathway; you will be leading on embedding this ethos in the team.

Providing training, consultancy, supervision and support to the multi-disciplinary team will be essential part of the role.

You will lead on service evaluation, audit and research as part of on-going quality improvements in CRHTT.

You will provide highly specialist psychological assessments and interventions, and input to care planning and discharge planning.

We have strong connections to the three DClinPsy regional training programmes (Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester)., 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.

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.

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. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [e-mail] 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.

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.

All applicants must be HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists with significant, relevant experience as per the job description and person specification., Disability Confident

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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.