About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Principal Clinical Psychologist with a strong interest in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) to work within Children & Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) Wirral 0-18 team. This leadership post provides an opportunity to develop Wirral's offer for children and young people with complex and high risk difficulties working closely with colleagues and partner agencies.
You will hold the senior lead role for the service DBT programme, providing continuous improvement, strategic oversight for DBT, supporting the practitioners working within the DBT programme, and direct delivery of DBT. Accreditation as a DBT Therapist is expected to hold this 8b Clinical Psychologist role. If entering the role as an 8a-8b development post, DBT experience is expected and a commitment to achieving accreditation as a DBT Therapist in a timely manner.
You will also contribute to other parts of the clinical offer, including Wirral's 'Complex Care' pathway, which delivers more flexible and intensive community support and interventions for young people, where you will also experience working closely with colleagues in CWP's Urgent Support Team. You will be able to contribute also to wider initiatives, working alongside the Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the team's other Clinical Psychologists, to support psychological thinking and quality of care across the service, and represent psychology as part of the senior leadership team.
Main duties of the job
You will work with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, locality leadership and speciality clinical network to develop the psychological offer within Wirral 0-18 You will provide training, consultancy, supervision and support to multi professional staff, teams and managers, whilst taking a strategic approach to service evaluation, audit and research.
You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention, and formulation.
There will be opportunities to join internal and external professional and clinical networks, undertake research, and provide training and support to mental health and psychological colleagues. We have strong connections to the three DClinPsy regional training programmes (Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester).
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. All applicants must be HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists with significant, relevant experience as per the job description and person specification.
About us
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, Liverpool and Stockport.
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.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
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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.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
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.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Doctoral-level qualification in Clinical Psychology or it's HPC-accredited equivalent HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist Society for DBT (SfDBT) accredited DBT practitioner
Desirable
Pre-qualification training & qualifications in research methodology, staff education, 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
Extensive highly specialised knowledge and expertise in working with children/young people with complex presentations and high-risk behaviours. 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 complex and high-risk presentations 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
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 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 complex presentations Experience of working alongside Tier 4 services.
Experience Essential
Extensive experience of working as a qualified Clinical Psychologist within the designated specialty of child & adolescent mental health 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 multi-professional leadership of teams or services within the designated specialty Experience of psychological practice in managing mental health problems and behaviours that challenge
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Birch Centre
Derby Road
Birkenhead
CH42 0LQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)