Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Psychologist- MHIST
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Due to the progression, of a current member of staff, onto the clinical doctorate for psychology; we are recruiting a Band 4 Assistant Psychologist to join MHIST, a community mental health rehabilitation service.
You will work as part of a psychologically informed, relationally focused MDT, supporting assessment, formulation, and intervention for individuals who require intensive mental health rehabilitation in the community.
This role offers an excellent development opportunity for aspiring psychologists, with regular supervision from qualified psychology staff and involvement in service development, evaluation, and psychologically informed practice. Due to the needs of the service, this post is for female applicants only. The role will require travel across the CWP patch.
About You
- Psychology degree (minimum 2:1) and experience working in mental health, social care, or a related support role.
- Strong interest in trauma-informed care, and relational approaches.
- Skilled in building compassionate, consistent relationships with people experiencing distress.
- Able to work collaboratively within an MDT and follow supervision from qualified psychologists.
- Confident with data collection, outcome measures, and basic research or audit tasks.
- Motivated, reflective, and committed to developing psychologically informed practice.
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Your main duties will be holding a mixture of a direct and indirect caseload supporting the delivery of trauma-informed, relationally focused care within MHIST. You will also support the qualified clinicians with gathering information and completing psychological assessment/formulations. The work will be delivered under supervision and you will have access to CPD including Open Dialogue. As the team is an MDT, you will work closely with other members of the team, participate in reflective practice, team formulation sessions, and MDT meetings. There will also be opportunity to support service evaluation, audit, and quality improvement projects which we have a past record of supporting people to reach publication or share at trust wide and national events. For further details, see the job description.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP)
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.
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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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sarah Parkinson
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Telephone number: 01244 39 3229
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100
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