Cyp Clinical Lead

CYP Clinical Lead Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking to appoint a Clinical Lead to work within Ancora House as part of our Ancora CARE Team.

Ancora House is an in-patient child and adolescent mental health service, consisting of 26 beds, split across three wards:
Coral, Indigo and Sapphire Ward. We are a general adolescent unit, that also supports young people with eating disorders.

To support the Team Manager in delivering a high quality Mental Health Service for Children and Young People of the Cheshire and MerseyCAMHS. To provide clinical leadership within the team and managementsupport, deputising for the Team Manager in their absence. The postholder will be expected to work autonomously within a multi disciplinary framework, providing training and staff development, specialist assessment for admission to Tier 4 Services, clinical support and time limited intervention to service users.

The post holder will act as a source of expertise and point of contact within the team and demonstrate highly specialised communication skills and problem solving abilities when prioritising risk.

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.

• Date posted: 02 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum pro rata
• Contract: Secondment
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 373-CYP
  1608
• Job locations: Ancora House, Countess of Chester Health Park Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1BQ
  , United Kingdom

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples…