Job summary
- Main area
- Psychology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Band 7 to 8a preceptorship position available
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-FYL597-CLK
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Harbour
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Band 8a
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.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
Job overview
Inpatient 8a Senior Clinical Psychology position or band 7 to 8a preceptorship position available for older adult inpatient wards at the Harbour hospital in Blackpool .
We require a motivated and dynamic qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our team of Clinical Psychologists offering input to older adult mental health inpatient facilities at the Harbour inpatient psychiatric unit at Blackpool. This unit opened in Spring 2015 and is a purpose built state of the art facility equipped to the highest standards.
The post holder would have considerable autonomy to shape and develop their role providing direct clinical input, supervision, consultation, teaching and clinical leadership to their multidisciplinary teams. This would include input into to two older adult wards at the Harbour. This would be supported by the locality professional lead for acute services who is co-located on site. The post holder will be joining a friendly team of Clinical Psychologists at the Harbour inclusive of consultants, principal grades and assistant psychologists. There would be plenty of opportunities for peer support and contact with psychology colleagues. If recruited as a preceptor a structured program of development would be offered to take the post holder from band 7 to 8a that would be supported by senior colleagues at the Harbour and the community older adult professional lead.
Main duties of the job
We are committed to providing the best development opportunities for our staff and the post holder would have options to access continuing professional development and training. There are also opportunities for research within this dynamic and forward thinking service. The organisation also has very good links with the Lancaster University based Clinical Psychology Doctorate Course.
LCFT is an organisation that recognises and values the contribution of clinical psychology in the provision of high quality services as evidenced by the expansion of the profession within adult mental health services. Psychology provision within inpatient services is established, well regarded and highly valued.
The Fylde coast area that the job is situated is itself is dynamic and stimulating place to be. The locality has good transport links being situated adjacent to the M55 with quick access to the M6. The area also enjoys very reasonable housing costs.
Please note that remote working could not be supported for this inpatient role.
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 re-quest 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
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Participation in Doctorate. In Clinical Psychology
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- An increased level of knowledge equivalent to a post-graduate diploma (in addition to entry level qualification)
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS by completion of CPD log demonstrating a minimum of 40 hours per year
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for client’s psychological care and treatment both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of multi-disciplinary care plan.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr James Hoy
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Telephone number
- 01253 447866
- Additional information
Visits to the unit to meet the team and discuss the post would be welcomed.
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