Clinical Psychologist

The post holder will be responsible for providing assessments (including neuropsychological if required), formulations, and therapeutic interventions (both individually and in group format) to people with complex 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 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, the service has good links with the three local universities (Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester) providing ample opportunity to develop supervisory skills and to support trainees with research projects/audits and input into the teaching programmes. The service currently offers flexible working with a mixture of both remote and face to face encouraged.

CWP provides 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. Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

• We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000
Due to some significant transformation developments, an exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit to our well established and supportive Primary Care Psychological Therapies Service, based in Chester. The role can be offered at band 8a for suitably qualified and experienced candidates, or as a band 7/8a development post for newly qualified psychologists (including those about to qualify this year). We would welcome candidates with an interest in working with adults of working age and from those who would like to work with older people. There is the flexibility of part-time hours. As a potential development posts, we have a clear plan to support the successful applicants in meeting the competencies for 8a. 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. This post is part time 30 hours per week.