Job summary
- Main area
- Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-BAY955-MS
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alfred Barrow Health Centre
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum (subject to confirmation)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Psychologist
Band 7
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive 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, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children and young people, and their families or carers?
Do you have a passion and enthusiasm for supporting young people to improve their mental health and reach their potential?
Are you interested in developing innovative ways to support young people recover and thrive?
Would you like the opportunity to live and work close to the Lake District?
We need clinicians who want to make a positive difference to the lives of young people in our area and join our team.
We want to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to South Cumbria CYPMHS (Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service). We are part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
Our Area
South Cumbria CYPMHS covers a large geographical area that includes the towns of Kendal, Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness, as well as the surrounding countryside and coastal areas. As a result, our patch covers both rural and urban areas, with diverse needs in the local population.
If you come and work with us, you will be close to the stunning landscape of the Lake District and the beautiful Morecambe Bay. Many of our staff enjoy outdoor pursuits in their leisure time, including walking, fell-running, cycling, horse-riding, climbing or wild swimming. We take pleasure from being able to spend time outside in nature, knowing that it benefits our mental and physical well-being.
Main duties of the job
Alfred Barrow Health Centre, where the team is based in Barrow-in-Furness, is within walking distance of the train station, which has good transport links to other areas. For example, there are direct trains to Lancaster, Preston and Manchester.
The people of South Cumbria are friendly and welcoming. There is a clinical psychology doctoral training course based at Lancaster University, which means we benefit from having local trainee clinical psychologists on placement with us.
Our Community
We have a number of resources in the local community for children and adolescents, with dedicated professionals and volunteers working to offer young people a chance to thrive. Direct mental health work with young people is only one part of a bigger picture of their recovery. We work with young people, and their parents / carers, to ensure that they are linked in to other opportunities within their local community.
Our Team
We are a supportive CYPMH team comprising the team leaders, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and a GP with an Extended Role, senior CAMHS practitioners, CAMHS practitioners, CBT therapists, systemic family therapist, DBT therapist, triage workers and assistant practitioners. Our skills mix includes nurses, social workers, clinical psychologists and doctors.
Working for our organisation
Psychological therapies currently offered by clinicians within the team include: CBT; family therapy; DBT; EMDR; CATT. We have practitioners who offer SCM (structured clinical management).
Supervision will be offered by an experienced clinical psychologist. We have a clinical psychologist who is currently studying for a further qualification in neuropsychology. There is the opportunity to receive therapy-specific supervision, where needed. The Trust has a group for newly qualified clinical psychologists, which meets regularly.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises MH Rehabilitation, Learning Disabilities and Autism, Inpatient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Perinatal Mental Health and Forensic services.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire. The Trust employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites.
For more information on Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
As part of the pre-employment checks, successful candidates will be required to pay for their own DBS check at a cost of £50. Deductions will be taken from the first 3 months’ salary.
Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Clearance
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
- Eligibility for registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical)
Desirable criteria
- Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of child protection and accompanying policies / procedures and the implementation of these clinically.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families 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.
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 Claire Nicholls
- Job title
- Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Telephone number
- 01225 408660
- Additional information
Interested?
We look forward to receiving your application. If you wish to speak to a member of the South Cumbria CYPMHS for more information, please feel free to contact Dr Claire Nicholls (Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the Bay CYPMHS) on 01225 408660 or 01524 550650.
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