Principal Clinical Psychologist & Locality Lead - Liaison Psychiatry

Overview

Main area Principal Clinical Psychologist - Locality Lead - Liaison Psychiatry Service Grade Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working
• Compressed hours

Employer Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Employer type NHS. Site Liaison Psychiatry Service, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral. Salary £64,455 - £74,896 per annum pro rata. Salary period Yearly. Closing 12/02/2026 23:59. Interview date 10/03/2026.

We are looking to recruit Principal Clinical Psychologist Leads to our Liaison Psychiatry Service at Arrowe Park Hospital. This post is an exciting opportunity to develop psychological services for patients receiving care at Arrowe Park Hospital who have been referred due to concerns surrounding their mental health and wellbeing.

You would be joining us at an exciting time of development as we develop an established and sustainable Psychology workforce within the acute mental health pathway. The post will be well supported by Consultant Clinical Psychologists who are already in post within the Acute Pathway, based in our inpatient mental health services.

The benefits of these posts include being able to develop a service, whilst also being connected to established psychology teams and the wider psychology network. These posts are part of developing the Acute Pathway Psychology provision in the Trust and demonstrate CWP’s commitment to improving the psychological and trauma informed care provided to patients, families, and staff in the acute pathway.

As the Principal Clinical Psychologist Locality Lead you will also be responsible for providing clinical and professional leadership within the Liaison Psychiatry team.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 20/02/2026 and the proposed interview date is 10/03/2026.

You will work with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, locality leadership and speciality clinical network to develop the psychological offer within Liaison Psychiatry. You will provide training, consultancy, supervision and support to multi professional staff, teams and managers, whilst taking a strategic approach to service evaluation, audit and research.

You will provide highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention, and formulation.

There will be opportunities to join internal and external professional and clinical networks, undertake research, and provide training and support to mental health and psychological colleagues. We have strong connections to the three DClinPsy regional training programmes (Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester).

Clinical and professional supervision will be provided, and ongoing continuing professional development supported. A relocation package is available for those meeting criteria. Flexible, part time and job-sharing requests will be considered favourably. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and experienced people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. All applicants must be HCPC registered Clinical Psychologists with significant, relevant experience as per the job description and person specification.

For further information and/or to request a site visit, please contact:

Dr. Gareth Hughes, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Acute Care, Springview ()

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.

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