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Job summary

Main area
Psychology
Grade
Band 8b (8a to 8b preceptorship also considered)
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
351-FYL450-MF-E
Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Harbour
Town
Blackpool
Salary
£58,972 - £68,525 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Clinical Psychologist - Older Adult

Band 8b (8a to 8b preceptorship also considered)

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 & 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 & South Cumbria 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 about  Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job overview

Older Adult 8b (or 8a to 8b Preceptorship) Clinical Psychology Role available offering clinical input and leadership across the older adult in-patient pathway.

We require a motivated, dynamic and experienced qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our well established team of Clinical Psychologists offering input to the Older Adult Wards at the Harbour in Blackpool. In this role there are opportunities for direct and indirect/systemic clinical work, consultation, research, audit and clinical leadership. As a principal psychologist in the unit there would be expectation for the post holder to deputise for the psychology lead alongside other 8bs in the unit. If taken on as preceptor you would be supported to reach the expected level of competencies for an 8b psychologist (over a period of up to two years subject to successful completion of the competencies) . This would be supported by the 8c psychologist and 8b psychologist(s) already working in the unit as well as the older adult professional lead and wider older adult psychology network.

Main duties of the job

The Harbour is a purpose built psychiatric hospital that opened in 2015. As such it is a modern state of the art unit with excellent facilities for patients. You would be joining a team of clinical psychologists at the Harbour that includes senior psychologists, principal psychologists and a consultant psychology lead. We are a friendly cohesive team all working in the same building and as such this is a post with lots of peer support and interaction with psychology colleagues. Psychology input at the Harbour is well established and very much appreciated by the wider multidisciplinary teams working here. Assistant psychologists are also employed on a fixed term basis and the post would be required to contribute to professional leadership and operational management of these posts.  Additional older adult specific support and leadership is offered as the roles are fully integrated into the wider locality based, and Trust based older adult network of psychologists and psychological therapists.

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. We are very willing to consider funding training in development of skills and further qualifications in relevant treatment approaches that will benefit inpatient psychology service provision. There are also opportunities for research within this dynamic and forward thinking service. 

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996
  • HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An increased level of knowledge relevant to this post equivalent to a post-graduate diploma
  • 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.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care 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
  • Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention

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
James Hoy
Job title
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Email address
[email protected]
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