Clinical Psychologists

Main area Clinical Psychologists Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

Employer Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Upton Lea Town Chester Salary £47,810 - £62,682 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 08/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 19/03/2026

Two Psychology roles have become available in CWP Eating Disorders Service; 0.6 WTE Clinical Psychologist in Stockport, based at Hall Lodge and 0.5 WTE Clinical Psychologist in the Wirral and West Cheshire Eating Disorders Service.
Applications are welcome from candidates who may be interested in either role, or a combination of the two, not exceeding full time. Base will be dependent on the role taken and should be discussed at interview.

The successful candidate/candidates will provide a high quality, specialist psychology service to clients suffering from Eating Disorders. They will provide specialist psychological assessment and therapy, as well as providing consultation and advice on clients' psychological care to non-psychological care to 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.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 09/032026 and the proposed interview date is 19/03/2026

• Providing psychological leadership within the team.
• Delivering clinical supervision to practitioners
• Delivering assessment and treatment of clients with Eating Disorders
• Facilitating team discussions and formulating client cases.
• Participating in quality improvement measures in regard to psychological interventions.
• Completing appropriate documentation and processes to facilitate ED treatment pathways

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996)
• HPC Registered
• Additional Psychotherapy qualification
• Core NHS/Social Services professional training

• Skills in conducting complex psychological assessment and intervention frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
• 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
• Experience of liaison with other health professionals.
• Experience of providing teaching and training.
• Experience of contributing to policy and service development.

• Post-qualification NHS experience of working as a clinical psychologist therapeutically with adult clients with varied psychological problems.
• Experience of engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent clients.
• Experience of exercising clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care within the context of a multi –disciplinary teams and care plans
• Experience of liaison with other health professionals.
• Experience of providing teaching and training.
• Experience of contributing to policy and service development
• Experience of working with Older Adults.
• Expertise in neuropsychological assessment

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Ron Pogue, Team Manager, Email , Telephone . Please contact either Ron Pogue or Rebecca Beer ) for further details. If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application, please contact  or call