Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7-8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 373-LD0521
- Employer
- Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clatterbridge Hospital
- Town
- Bebington
- Salary
- £46,148 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist - Band 8a or Band 7-8a Development post
Band 7-8a
Job overview
Come and join our fantastic Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) service! This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in both a community and inpatient setting supported by a highly experienced 8C Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, an Assistant Psychologist and other members of the team.
Clinical Psychologist Band 8a or 7-8a Development post.
We are a community based service, supporting people to deal with the impact of an acquired brain injury (ABI). The Cheshire part of the team is approximately 20 years old and continues to develop, working in partnership with other services within the locality. The Wirral part of the team was developed 13 years ago and also provides an inreach neuropsychology service to the rehabilitation unit at Clatterbridge Hospital. The team also has links with the local Doctorates in Clinical Psychology to provide lectures, mentoring of trainees and placements. On-going continuing professional development is not only supported but encouraged with practitioners supported to develop their own interests within neuropsychology/ABI. You will be joining a neuropsychology led service with, two 8C Consultations Clinical Neuropsychologists, two 8B Clinical Psychologists specialising in Neuropsychology, a 8A Clinical Psychologist and two Assistant Psychologists.
The successful candidate will be supported to develop their skills in all areas and support to develop their skills to move from band 7 to band 8A under a structured development process.
Main duties of the job
To provide neuropsychology services to people who have experienced an ABI, primarily a stroke and their families. The post involves work on the local inpatient stroke rehabilitation ward and community based neuropsychological rehabilitation. We are looking for a confident, friendly individual who has experience of working with people after an ABI or a passion to work with this client group and the drive to support them in managing the aftermath of such a life changing event. You will be required to provide neuropsychological assessment and interventions. The successful candidate will have experience in working within a multidisciplinary setting and helping to guide the person’s rehabilitation. They will have experience in delivering individual therapy that is adapted to the needs of people after an ABI, and helping non-psychology team members work with people who have experienced an ABI through consultation and joint working.
The role involves blended working, including face to face sessions, remote sessions via telephone and video and working from home. It will also involve travelling around the Wirral.
*** The role is suitable for third year trainee who would be appointed to the band 7 role and supported to develop to 8A or an experienced band 7 practitioner looking to develop in their career or someone already in an 8A role who would like to widen their experience. ***
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 welcome 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 (see person specification for details) 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: [email protected] 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
Essential criteria
- Doctoral or other HCPC recognised qualification in Clinical Psychology. Knowledge to include: models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, 2 or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and or other fields of psychology
- To have or working towards achieving the British Psychological Society’s Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology or further training / course attendance in relevant areas of psychological practice or at least desire to do so
- Evidence of further training, course attendance in relevant areas of neuropsychological practice
Knowledge & Expertise
Essential criteria
- Working as a qualified applied Clinical Psychologist within a multidisciplinary team context across the 16+ age group with a range of clinical severity and across a range of care settings
- Exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care within the context of multidisciplinary team.
- Experience in teaching and training other health and social work professionals
- Training and experience of supervising assistant Psychologists and other Psychological Practitioners and/or MDT colleagues in psychological approaches.
- Highly developed skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
- Highly developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing complex, highly technical and/or sensitive information to clients, carers and other agencies
- Highly developed skills in providing information to other groups both professional and non professional
Desirable criteria
- A good working knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised neuropsychological rehabilitation, including ways of working with people with complex disability in a rehabilitation setting
- A good working knowledge of legislation in relation to ABI/stroke client group and mental health
- Experience of liaison with other health and social care professionals
- Experience of providing teaching and training
- Experience of contributing to policy and service development.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Use of a wide range of psychological and neuropsychological assessments and treatments of ABI/stroke clients across a range of community settings
- Highly developed experience of interdisciplinary working
Desirable criteria
- In-depth experience of ABI dual diagnosis mental health clients in a community setting
- Experience of forensic services in the community
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Pip Calvert
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 393499
- Additional information
Informal discussion and visits are welcomed, please contact Dr Calvert or Heather Burnage, ABI Operational Manager on 01244 393499.
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [email protected] or telephone 01244 393100.
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