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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Town of Bolton (NY); On-site; USD 61,000 - 101,000; Part time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Psychologist for its community Eating Disorders service in Bolton. The role involves delivering psychological assessments and interventions to individuals with eating disorders in a community setting, with mixed face-to-face and remote sessions.

The post is part-time (22.5 hours per week) and involves travel across sites. You will work with a supportive team and have access to CPD and supervision as part of a

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people with eating disorders.
• Experience delivering individual therapy adapted to eating disorders.
• Experience in multidisciplinary settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological interventions to people with an eating disorder.
• Conduct psychological assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Deliver individual therapy within a multidisciplinary team and provide consultation to non-psychology staff.

Skills

Experience with eating disorders

Job description

Clinical Psychologist | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Company: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Come and join our fantastic Eating Disorder Service! This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in community Eating Disorders.

You will be supported by a highly experienced Psychologist and other members of the team.

We are a community based service, supporting people to deal with the impact of an eating disorder (ED). The Bolton team is developing and works closely with the local area and the wider Cheshire and Wirral Partnership locality.

On-going continuing professional development is not only supported but encouraged with practitioners supported to develop their own interests within eating disorders.

This post is part time 22.5 hours per week.

To provide psychological interventions to people who have an ED. The post involves working in the community and will require occasional travel across all sites.We are looking for a confident, friendly individual who has experience of working with people with an ED or a passion to work with this client group and the drive to support them in managing their difficulties. You will be required to provide psychological assessment and interventions. The successful candidate will have experience in working within a multidisciplinary setting . They will have experience in delivering individual therapy that is adapted to the needs of people with an ED, and helping non-psychology team members work with people who have experienced an ED through consultation and joint working.

The role involves blended working, including face to face sessions, remote sessions via telephone and video.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Sep 2026