Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Principal Clinical Psychologist - Lead
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We are recruiting a Band 8b Clinical Psychologist
We are recruiting a Band 8b Clinical Psychologist to co-lead a new Enhanced MHIST Function supporting people who may attract a diagnosis of “personality disorder”, who are not yet ready for therapy, and who frequently present in crisis or struggle to build trusting relationships with services.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape an innovative, psychologically informed pathway for individuals with complex emotional needs. The job will require travel across the whole of the CWP patch.
What We Offer
- Supportive, psychologically minded MDT.
- Opportunities to shape a new enhanced function within MHIST.
- Regular supervision and access to CPD relevant to role.
- A compassionate, reflective, recovery-focused service culture.
Main Duties
- Co-develop the pathway.
- Provide senior clinical leadership for the Enhanced MHIST Function.
- Deliver specialist biopsychosocial assessment, trauma-informed formulation, and support staff to provide approaches focussed on relational safety and stabilisation.
- Support individuals with repeated crises, high service contact, and relational difficulties.
- Offer consultation, supervision, and reflective practice to MDT colleagues.
- Lead formulation-driven care planning to reduce avoidable admissions and improve continuity of care.
- Champion compassionate, non-stigmatising approaches to “personality disorder” and complex emotional needs.
- Contribute to service development, evaluation, and quality improvement.
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About You
- HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist.
- Significant post-qualification experience with complex emotional needs, trauma, and risk.
- Skilled in relational, trauma-informed, and formulation-driven practice.
- Confident providing clinical leadership, consultation, and supervision.
- Able to work collaboratively across MDTs and partner services.
- Committed to improving engagement and reducing crisis presentations.
- There is potential for the service to transition to a 7-day model in the future.
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
- Email address: sarah.parkinson21@nhs.net
- 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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