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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
Band 4
Contract
12 months (Fixed term: 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-SPS1269-MF
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whitegate Health Centre
Town
Blackpool
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/11/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Psychologist

Band 4

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

•    Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
•    Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
•    Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.

For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

We are excited to announce that, as part of our ongoing commitment to address issues of diversity and inclusion within the field of Clinical Psychology, and as a part of our wider responsibility to address social inequalities in healthcare, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has successfully secured funding from Health Education England, for an assistant psychologist post as part of the Aspiring Clinical Psychologists Access Scheme.

This scheme offers paid assistant psychology experience to recent psychology graduates who are eager to develop initial clinical experience as aspiring Clinical Psychologists, but their personal financial circumstances make opportunities offered by unpaid clinical work experience inaccessible. This scheme is specifically designed to enable such graduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience, insight, and preparation for the next step in their journey towards qualifying, such as a substantive Assistant Psychologist post. 

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will support and enhance psychological practice within the Children and Young People’s Psychological Service (CYPPS), Blackpool, under the direct supervision of a HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist. As part of the scheme, you will also be supported to have access to peer development groups, which are provided within the Trust, as well as learning opportunities focussing on career development, in order to support success beyond this initiative.

We hope that this post will offer a plethora of valuable experiences to the successful psychology graduate.  We are keen to support and touch base with the successful candidates, during the scheme and beyond, as we hope the scheme will be a stepping stone for a career in Clinical Psychology.

We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. 

Working for our organisation

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. 

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Please also review the attached application guide for further support.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • An upper second class (2i) honours degree or higher in psychology.
  • Entitlement to Graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Ability to undertake psychologically informed research projects.
  • Knowledge of psychological methods and theories, especially child development and an ability to apply this knowledge within a clinical context.
  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of children/ young people with psychological/mental health difficulties or other disabilities.
  • High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of, or demonstrable interest in working with mental health difficulties and/or other disabilities.
  • Work with children and/or young people
  • To have worked as part of a team within a care setting.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Collinge
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
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