Clinical Psychologist - Seren Lodge Mother and Baby Unit

NHS; Chester; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000

Job description

Clinical Psychologist - Seren Lodge Mother and Baby Unit

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000

The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply.

Seren Lodge Mother and Baby Unit, an exciting collaboration between NHS England and NHS Wales, is due to open in October 2025 on the grounds of the Countess of Chester Health Park.

Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated Band 8a Clinical Psychologist to join the Mother and Baby Unit team. We are planning for the new MDT to commence in role 3 months prior to opening to enable a robust and supportive induction to take place.

The Mother and Baby Unit is a specialist provision for women with mental health problems during pregnancy and/or in the year after their baby is born. Patients in the postnatal period will have their babies with them during their time as an inpatient on the Mother and Baby Unit. Seren Lodge will be an 8 bedded unit with 6 beds commissioned by NHS England for the women of Cheshire and Merseyside and 2 beds commissioned by NHS Wales for the women of North Wales. The Mother and Baby Unit will also accept referrals for out of area women when there are beds available.

Main duties of the job

We are hoping to build a supportive and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team. The posts offer the successful applicants the exciting opportunity to build a team that provides the highest quality of care for our service users. We will offer an excellent training programme.

The applicants must be able to demonstrate an understanding and application of the 6 C's in practice, these being Care; Compassion; Competence; Communication; Courage and Commitment.

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.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working as a clinical psychologist therapeutically with adult clients with varied, complex, psychological and mental health difficulties
• Experience of working within multi-professional teams
• Experience of engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent clients
• Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients' psychological care
• Experience of liaison with other health professionals
• Experience of providing teaching and training

Knowledge and Expertise

• Skills in conducting psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• Skills in completing neuropsychological assessments and interpretation of results, and ability to communicate these sensitively as appropriate
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and/or clinically sensitive information to clients and professional colleagues within and outside the NHS
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Skills in providing consultation to other professionals and non-professional groups
• Evidence of supervision training/qualification
• Experience of supervising Assistant Psychologists, other psychological practitioners and/or MDT colleagues in psychological approaches
• Experience of research, audit/service evaluation

Qualifications

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
• HCPC registration
• Additional Psychotherapy qualification relevant to working with clients with complex psychological and mental health difficulties

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.

Address

Seren Lodge Mother and Baby Unit

Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

373-SMH2347

Job locations

Seren Lodge Mother and Baby Unit

Countess of Chester Health Park, Liverpool Road