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Job summary

Main area
Community Health Services
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Fixed term: 8 months (01/08/2025)
Hours
Part time - 18.75 hours per week
Job ref
351-BAY738-EB
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Devitre House
Town
Lancaster
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Clinical Psychologist Principal

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.

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Job overview

Senior Clinical Psychologist – Older Adults Specialty Band 8a – 0.5 WTE (Temporary position until the end of July 2025)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist with experience and enthusiasm in working with older people, to join the friendly and supportive Rapid Intervention and Treatment Team (RITT) across Lancaster and Morecambe in Lancashire.  The RITT team provides a variety of approaches to support older people with complex mental health issues, with the aim of reducing the need for hospital admission where possible.  A specialist care home liaison service is also provided to nursing and care homes.  

The psychology post within the RITT team involves direct and indirect psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, consultation, training and supervision of psychology and non-psychology colleagues.
Additionally this post offers some flexibility to continue to support RITT clients, who have complex care needs, for longer term work within the OA CMHT.

The successful applicant will be working with the multi-disciplinary team and team manager to continue to develop a high quality, community-orientated service for older people.  The successful post-holder will also be working alongside other clinical psychology colleagues (including the complex case lead).

Main duties of the job

The post is professionally attached to the locality older adult psychology team and wider network, both of which offer a friendly and supportive space, with a strong commitment to providing quality services for older people in Lancashire.  The Trust is also committed to staff development, and have invested in on-going training and development opportunities including funding recent further therapy training and leadership courses.

If required, additional hours may be available within the wider network.

We would strongly welcome informal enquiries and visits.

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

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Doctoral level training 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

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An increased level of knowledge relevant to this post 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

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
  • Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Care Leaver Covenant

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
Ian Yates
Job title
Principal Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01524 550420
Additional information

Linda Dickens

RITT Team Manager

07507847353