Clinical Psychologists

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Psychology role in CWP Adult Eating Disorders Service; 0.6 (22.5 hours per week over 3 days) WTE Clinical Psychologist in Stockport, based at Hall Lodge Eating Disorders Service.

The successful candidate will provide a high quality, specialist psychology service to clients living with an Eating Disorder. They will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy. Alongside this they will provide consultation and advice on clients' psychological care to psychologist/therapist colleagues, non-psychologist colleagues and carers. They will supervise trainees and qualified practitioners as agreed, working autonomously within the framework of the service’s policies and procedures. There will also be opportunities to take part in wider developments across the service and contributed to service delivery. The successful candidate will be successful in working with this group for people, bringing a compassionate approach.

To provide specialist psychological assessments of service users referred to the Adult Eating Disorder Service (EDS)

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management. To train in and deliver specialist psychological therapies for client group.

To work on a daily basis in face to face individual, family and/or in group therapy settings with service users presenting with complex and distressing psychological problems, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, ARFID, Binge Eating Disorder, and Atypical Eating Disorders.

To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals (both psychologists/therapists and non-psychologists) contributing directly to service users' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plans.

To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual service users and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.

To provide supervision to other MDT staff's psychological work, as appropriate.

To provide professional and clinical supervision of assistant psychologists.

To contribute to wider clinical governance and development across the service.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca beer Job title: Team Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01625 712 108

If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [email protected] or telephone 01244 393100

Please contact either Rebecca Beer, Team manager (01625 712 108) or Dr Laura Hill Clinical psychologist [email protected] for further details.