Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Band 8c
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:
• Ìý ÌýPrimary 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.
• Ìý ÌýSpecialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Ìý ÌýCommunity 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 viaÌý.
Job overview
We are excited to recruit to a Consultant Clinical Psychologist post to lead the provision of psychological input across three Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) Services in Central and West Lancashire (Greater Preston, Chorley & South Ribble, and West Lancashire).
Successful candidates will be expected to set direction, provide clinical leadership and supervision for the psychologists and psychological therapists in the teams (including professional governance of non-core professionals trained in a psychological therapy who use this as part of their role) and provide specialist psychological expertise into the wider multi-disciplinary CYPMH service.
The post holder will have a track record of leadership skills, expertise in at least one model of intervention, and have specific interest in at least one of the following domains: neuro-diversity or emerging personality problems/developmental trauma.
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the research and clinical approaches to one of these domains across the Trust, sharing expertise with practitioners from other localities. This opportunity comes at an exciting time for the care group where we are in a process of redesign and transformation, hence candidates should also be able to demonstrate experience in service development.Ìý
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Main duties of the job
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To be responsible for leading the provision for high-quality specialist psychological interventions within a comprehensive MDT to children and young people, their families and carers, working within the policies, procedures and protocols applicable to the service.
To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice and consultation within your designated area of responsibility.Ìý
To ensure that systems are in place and working effectively for the clinical and professional supervision and support of all other psychologists and psychological therapists within the service/sector for which the post holder has designated professional responsibility.
To ensure that clear systems for effective recruitment, professional appraisal, and the identification of CPD needs across the designated area of responsibility are in place.Ìý
To utilise research skills, audit, policy and service development and research and co-ordinate such activities by psychological practitioners within the designated area of responsibility.
To propose and implement policy and service development changes within the clinical areas served by the teams/services in conjunction with relevant managers.Ìý
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.Ìý
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.Ìý
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.Ìý
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
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
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional special areas of psychological practice.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
Desirable criteria
- Highly developed knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in children and specific difficult to treat groups (e.g. emerging personality problems/developmental trauma; people with additional disabilities etc).
- Highly developed knowledge of theory and practice of highly specialised psychological therapies and assessment methodologies
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of substantial post-qualification experience. Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course and presenting with the full range of clinical severity across a range of care settings (eg. outpatient, community, primary care, in-patient and residential care settings) including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
- Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of multi-disciplinary care plan
- Experience of teaching, training and professional and clinical supervision. Demonstrable experience of conducting complex audit, research and service evaluation.
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Advanced skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration
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 Helena Lockett
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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