Overview
An exciting opportunity within the older adult CMHT and memory service covering West Cheshire (Chester, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Northwich, and rural areas), based in Chester. CWP community mental health services are MDTs aiming to provide person centred, psychologically and trauma informed models of care. The memory service works closely with the older adult CMHT to provide an assessment and diagnosis service for dementia. Psychology is integrated and valued within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessment and interventions, and contributing to clinical thinking and decision making of the teams. Psychological skills are applied to delivering training, staff wellbeing initiatives and service development projects.
We would like to recruit an experienced psychologist to join an expanding older adult psychology workforce. You will support the development of a Clinical Psychologist and Associate Psychological Practitioner in your team. You will meet regularly with other senior psychologists throughout the Trust and an older adult psychology specialty group to ensure equitable service delivery. We are open to applicants seeking part-time or full-time posts. The service offers flexible working with a mixture of remote and face to face work encouraged.
Responsibilities
* Provide assessments (including neuropsychological assessment if required), formulations, and therapeutic interventions (both individually and in group format) to people with complex psychological and mental health difficulties.
* Provide specialist neuropsychological assessment to inform MDT decisions within the memory service.
* Support the wider team to develop psychological understandings of people’s difficulties through consultation, supervision, and training.
* Join an established supportive team and contribute to developing the job plan based on individual interests and new service developments.
* Lead in service evaluations and ensure high standards of clinical effectiveness and clinical governance.
Qualifications and environment
* Join a supportive multidisciplinary team and be part of an expanding older adult psychology workforce.
* Opportunity to work near the historic city of Chester with links to local universities (Liverpool, Lancaster, and Manchester) to support trainees with research projects/audits and input into teaching programmes.
* Flexible working arrangements, with a mix of remote and face-to-face work encouraged.
About CWP and equality
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, and GP services 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. Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach. 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 Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award holder, CWP is committed to inclusive recruitment and valuing differences. We welcome applications from people with direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with the Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date, which offers up to 3 weeks of training to meet induction requirements.
Recruitment processes are based on competence and values; interviews use a values-based approach. Please review the Trust’s Values and reflect them in your application with examples from work experience or personal life.
Guidance for applicants is available on the trust website. If needed, contact the recruitment team at cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or 01244 393100. If you have a disability meeting the Equality Act 2010 criteria, indicate this to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs for the interview process. The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Applicants will be advised to pay for their DBS check (costs deducted from salary) and may enrol in the DBS Update Service (£16 per year).
New entrants will commence at the minimum of the scale stated. Applications are encouraged to apply early as vacancies may close before the advertised date. Good luck with your application and we hope to welcome you to Team CWP soon.
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