Principal Clinical Psychologist Crewe, England
Job description
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Job ref
373-CYP0869-A RR
Town
Crewe
Salary
£56,164 - £65,262 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
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.
Apply now to join our skilled and friendly teams and help us to deliver our vision to improve health and wellbeing by providing high quality care.
Visit our ‘Working for us’ pages at www.cwp.nhs.uk to find out more about why you should choose CWP.
Job overview
The Intensive Support Function is a multiagency team that covers the whole Cheshire, working alongside agencies and stakeholders to prevent hospital admission and placement breakdown, by providing intensive support in the community. This support incudes comprehensive assessment, intervention and multiagency liaison.
You would be joining a developing Team consisting of Specialist practitioner/ Mental Health Nurse /Positive Support behaviour practitioner/ Associate Practitioners /Clinical Support Workers, Assistant Psychologist. The post does require the ability to travel in a timely manner across the Cheshire area as needed.
The team use the PBS model and experience in this would be helpful.
The post will be considered as Full time or Part time.
Main duties of the job
To work within Intensive Support Function to provide highly specialist clinical psychology input to children and young people (CYP) with a Learning Disability and/or Autism and significant challenging behaviour/mental health difficulties, and their families and carers. As part of this role, the post holder will deliver the Intensive Support Function, which aims to prevent inappropriate inpatient admissions/out of area placements thereby enabling this cohort of CYP to remain in the community.
The Principal Clinical Psychologist role will provide a specialist and intensive psychological assessment, support and therapeutic intervention to facilitate positive change for the CYP and their families referred and the network around them. The Principal Clinical Psychologist will be expected to provide consultation to team members and the network around the CYP; offering advice, training and support to non-psychologist colleagues on the CYP’s psychological and mental health needs, as well as to support colleagues to develop their reflective practice and case formulation skills.
Working for our organisation
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.
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.
Visit our ‘Working for us’ pages on our website to find out more about why you should choose CWP.
CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for a full copy.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
To ensure that we continue to provide ‘Outstanding for Care’ (as recently been awarded by CQC), CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. A ‘Guide to completing your application form’ can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
If your disability 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?’ Please also inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. Please note that DBS costs will be waived for applicants who are being recruited for COVID-19 reasons.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies. Please see attached “Update Service Applicant Guide” document for further information.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100 and quote the vacancy reference number.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or it’s HPCaccredited equivalent
- HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff education and training, and/or other fields of applied psychology
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional specialised areas of psychological practice.
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Extensive highly specialised knowledge and expertise in working with children/young people with learning disabilities and/or autism: behaviours that challenge, appropriate psychotherapeutic interventions
- Evidence of training or supervision of other psychologists.
- High level ability to communicate effectively at both written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to communicate effectively in highly emotive situations
- Highly developed knowledge of theory and practice of highly specialise psychological therapies with specific reference to children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the Health Professions Council and the British Psychological Society.
- Extensive specialist knowledge of the Mental Capacity and Mental Health Act
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to children and young people and mental health.
- Knowledge and skills in neuropsychological assessment and intervention with children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
- Knowledge of theory and practice of psychological interventions in specific cohorts (e.g. children and young people with autism and co-morbid issues)
- Experience of the application of clinical psychology in different cultural contexts
- Experience of service users and carer involvement in services.
- Experience of assessment and intervention with children/young people with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Experience of working alongside Tier 4 services.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within the designated specialty of learning disabilities and autism.
- Experience of working across a multi-disciplinary professional network
- Experience of exercising autonomous clinical responsibility for children/young peoples’ psychological care and development of behaviour management plans within the context of a multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and / or professional clinical supervision.
- Experience of multiprofessional leadership of teams or services within the designated specialty
- Experience of psychological practice in managing mental health problems and behaviours that challenge
We support anyone with a disability thinking about applying for a job at CWP. If you need help at any stage, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100. Please also inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
If your disability 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?’
Please note, external applicants will be required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS). Enhanced Disclosure costs £40. Standard Disclosure is £23. Administration fee is £3.50. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. Please note that DBS costs will be waived for applicants who are being recruited for COVID-19 reasons.
If the role you are successful for requires a DBS check, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies. Please see attached “Update Service Applicant Guide” document for further information.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
We offer Voluntary Living Wage.
All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you experience any technical difficulties applying for this post please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100 and quote the vacancy reference number.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.
Applicant requirements
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.
Further details / informal visits contact
Job title
Deputy Head of Clinical Services
Email address
Telephone number
01625712043
