Senior Psychological Therapist

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP); Chester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

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.

Due to some significant transformation developments, an exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit to our well established, rapidly expanding and supportive Primary Care Psychological Therapies Service, based in Chester. We would welcome candidates with an interest in working with both adults of working age and older people. Eligible candidates would be expected to lead with the trauma pathway in relation to providing CBT and EMDR supervision and governance to the team. There is the flexibility of either full or part-time hours.

The Primary Care Psychology Team are part of a stepped care model and have close working relationships and links with the other steps in the service and teams within the trust. We provide assessment, consultation, and a range of therapeutic interventions (both individual and group) to clients referred to our service. There are excellent opportunities for continuing professional development and clear governance structures in place to support potential applicants.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing assessments, formulation and intervention to people with moderate psychological and mental health difficulties. The post holder will also support the wider team to develop psychological understandings of people’s difficulties through consultation, supervision, and training. The successful candidate would be expected to lead with the trauma pathway in relation to providing CBT and EMDR supervision and governance, supporting others in the team to achieve this.

The post holder will be joining an established and growing team with clear job plans and continued opportunities for training and development across the service. Based near the historical Roman city of Chester, and with easy motorway access, the post would provide ample opportunity to develop supervisory skills and to contribute to research projects/audits to shape future service delivery.

The service currently offers flexible working with a mixture of both remote and face to face working encouraged.

Working for our organisation

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 and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

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 welcomes applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

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.

Detailed job description and main 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 and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s 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 Trust’s 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 Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

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?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

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

• CBT PGDip/MSc
• Appropriate professional registration with BABCP
• Accreditation as EMDR practitioner and Consultant EMDR practitioner who has experience of providing both EMDR to clients and EMDR supervision to colleagues within an NHS setting.
• Additional Psychotherapy qualification relevant to working with clients with complex psychological and mental health difficulties

Knowledge and Expertise

• Skills in conducting complex psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• 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 nonprofessional groups
• Experience of supervising psychological practitioners and/or MDT colleagues in psychological approaches.
• Experience of research, audit/service evaluation and QI initiatives.

Experience

• Experience of working as a psychological therapist therapeutically with 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Name Lisa Hulmes Job title Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address [e-mail] Additional information

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Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide 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.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT, finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?