Clinical Lead Psychologist for Learning Disabilities

4 weeks ago


Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom CWP Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full time - 37

Relocation Package: Up to £8,000

This is an exciting opportunity to work as the Principal Clinical Psychologist (Band 8b) to lead the Psychology team within the Crisis and Home Treatment as part of the First Response pathway. The post is part of a new initiative to develop Acute Pathway Psychology provision in the Trust, demonstrating CWPs commitment to improving the psychological and trauma-informed care provided to patients, families, and staff in the acute services pathway.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care. 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 as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. 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?'

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation, helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran-aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant and has a 'Silver' award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Postgraduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
  • Postdoctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice
  • Formal qualification in supervision
  • Well-developed skills for communicating effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers, and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Requirements:

  • Leadership training and/or awareness of different leadership models and systems thinking
  • Experience of providing consultation, training, support, and supervision/reflective practice to other professionals and non-professionals
  • Involvement in local and/or national academic and/or professional body and other professional activities

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.



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