Principal Clinical Psychologist - Locality Leads
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We are looking to recruit Principal Clinical Psychologist Leads to our Home Treatment Teams or Mental Health Liaison Services. These posts are part of the next phase in creating an established and sustainable Psychology workforce within the acute mental health pathway with Consultant Clinical Psychologists in the Acute Pathway based in inpatient services already established. The benefits of these posts include being able to develop a service, whilst also being connected to established psychology teams and the wider psychology network. Suitable candidates can express their preference for working within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) or the Mental Health Liaison Service (MHLS). For CRHTT the possible sites are West Cheshire (Countess of Chester site) or East/Central Cheshire (Congleton site). For MHLS the possible sites are Wirral (Springview hospital site), West Cheshire (Countess of Chester site) or East/Central Cheshire (Leighton hospital, Crewe, or Macclesfield general hospital). These posts are part of developing the Acute Pathway Psychology provision in the Trust and demonstrate CWP’s commitment to improving the psychological and trauma informed care provided to patients, families, and staff in the acute pathway. As the Principal Clinical Psychologist Locality Lead you will be responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership within either the CRHTT, or the MHLS, based on your preference within one locality.
You will work with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, locality leadership team and speciality clinical network to enhance and evaluate the psychological care offer within your specific team. Providing training, consultancy, supervision and support to multi professional staff, teams and managers will be essential. As will taking a strategic and pragmatic approach to service evaluation, audit and research as part of on-going quality improvement. You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention, as well as input to care planning and discharge planning. Both working as part of the multidisciplinary team and as an autonomous Clinical Psychologist. CWP is an innovative and transformational all-ages mental health service provider. There will be opportunities to join internal and external professional and clinical networks, undertake research, and provide training and support to the next generation of psychology and mental health practitioners. We have strong connections to the three DClinPsy regional training programmes (Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester). You will join the CWP Senior Psychologists Group, a group that supports leadership, clinical and professional development of Psychologists. Clinical and professional supervision will be provided, and ongoing continuing professional development supported. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and experienced people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
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 and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
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.
We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Woodley Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: samantha.woodley@nhs.net Telephone number: 01244 397459
Lina Papista lina.papista@nhs.net
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100.
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