Clinical Psychologist Bolton

Come and join our fantastic Eating Disorder Service! This is a great opportunity to develop your skills in community Eating Disorders. You will be supported by a highly experienced Psychologist and other members of the team. We are a community based service, supporting people to deal with the impact of an eating disorder (ED). The Bolton team is developing and works closely with the local area and the wider Cheshire and Wirral Partnership locality. On-going continuing professional development is not only supported but encouraged with practitioners supported to develop their own interests within eating disorders. This post is part time 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide psychological interventions to people who have an ED.
• The post involves working in the community and will require occasional travel across all sites.
• We are looking for a confident, friendly individual who has experience of working with people with an ED or a passion to work with this client group and the drive to support them in managing their difficulties.
• You will be required to provide psychological assessment and interventions.
• The successful candidate will have experience in working within a multidisciplinary setting.
• They will have experience in delivering individual therapy that is adapted to the needs of people with an ED, and helping non-psychology team members work with people who have experienced an ED through consultation and joint working.
• The role involves blended working, including face to face sessions, remote sessions via telephone and video.

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 responsibilities:

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence 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.

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 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.

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.

Qualifications:

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

Knowledge & Expertise:

• Skills in conducting complex psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Skills in completing neuropsychological assessments, 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:

• 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.
• Desirable: Experience of liaison with other health professionals.
• Experience of providing teaching and training.

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.

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.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.