Principal Clinical Psychologist

**Main area**
- Principal Clinical Psychologist**Grade**

NHS AfC: Band 8b

**Contract**

Permanent

**Hours**
- Full time
- Part time

37.5 hours per week**Job ref**

373-SMH1418

**Site**
- Stein Centre, St Catherine's Hospital site**Town**

Birkenhead

**Salary**

£56,164 - £65,262 per annum pro rata

**Salary period**

Yearly

**Closing**

11/01/2023 23:59

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) supports thousands of vulnerable people across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We provide physical, mental health and learning disability services to a total population of around one million people.

Situated near two thriving cities in Liverpool and Manchester, CWP operates from 66 sites across Cheshire and Merseyside, including Wirral, Chester, Winsford, Crewe, Macclesfield, Sefton and Trafford.

We have been recognised by the Health Service Journal as one of the top places to work in the health service for the last two years running and committed to delivering person centred care.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated CWP as ‘Good’ overall, ‘better’ for treatments and ‘Outstanding’ for care.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or you are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced clinical psychologists to join our Adult CMHTs as we embark on a journey of transformation. These posts which will have considerable input to the service improvement work being undertaken as part of the Mental Health Transformation which is aiming to develop new and innovative ways to improve the services we deliver in a more holistic, person-centred way, addressing both physical and mental health needs.

We are looking for enthusiastic and compassionate leaders, who are passionate about mental health and thrive within a multi
- disciplinary environment to join our expanding Clinical Psychology Workforce.

The post-holders will take clinical leadership responsibility in the co-ordination and implementation of psychological care and ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist psychological therapies service for patients and their families/carers, with the emphasis on coproduction.

CWP Community mental health services are aiming to provide person centred, psychologically and trauma informed models of care. Psychological approaches are highly valued within teams and Clinical Psychologists & Psychological practitioners are integral in this process, providing specialist assessment and interventions, as well as contributing to the clinical thinking and decision making of the teams. Alongside direct clinical work, a key component of their role is to provide supervision, consultation and training to the wider service.

**Main duties of the job**:
The post-holder will join a supportive and friendly senior leadership team which includes senior Clinical Psychologists across the Trust and the Head of Clinical Service and Service Managers for the Wirral area. They will also work closely with the other members of the leadership team, to develop strong working relationships and effective care pathways. Alongside these leadership roles, they will carry a clinical caseload within the Wirral CMHTs, working both directly and indirectly with service users.

We are keen to recruit individuals with experience, specialist knowledge and skills of working with mental health difficulties such as complex trauma, psychosis, interpersonal difficulties, and self-harm. We value skills in a wide range of specialist therapies including ACT, CAT, CFT, EMDR, CBT, Schema focused therapy & DBT. Equally important are leadership skills and the ability to develop innovative practice and play a lead role in service development. We are looking for someone who can contribute at a senior level to the vision for the service, working closely with colleagues in different parts of the system, including primary care and the third sector.

The post is funded for 5 days but there are opportunities for part-time and flexible working. We prioritise investment in staff training and development as well as staff wellbeing.

**Working for our organisation**:
CWP provides 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.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated