Clinical Psychologist

NHS Trust; Burnley; Sur place; GBP 52 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) invites applications for a Clinical Psychologist to join the CAMHS service at Burnley General Hospital. You will work within Complex Community Care Teams, delivering evidence-based psychological care to children and young people up to 18, collaborating with psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and other professionals.

The role emphasises multidisciplinary teamwork, travel across East Lancashire and flexible working patterns, with

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology and accreditation by the BPS.
• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment across care settings.
• Knowledge of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Responsabilités

• Provide high-quality psychological assessment, formulation and therapy for children and young people.
• Offer consultation to non-psychological colleagues and carers.
• Work autonomously within service policies and procedures.
• Contribute to audit, policy and service development.

Connaissances

Relational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Formation

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Description du poste

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to join one of the Complex Community Care Teams based at Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) Service- East, Burnley General Hospital. The Complex Community Care Teams are innovative and dynamic multidisciplinary CAMHS teams, that provide essential mental health support to enhance the social and psychological development of young people who are experiencing complex mental health difficulties.

The multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) are made up of Consultant Child Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Psychological Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners who have skills in a range of therapeutic modalities/specialisms, including but not limited to CBT, Family Therapy, SFP, EMDR, art psychotherapy, counselling and non-medical prescribing. The successful candidate will also join a large network of clinical psychologists as part of the Bay Network in LSCFT.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual, who has excellent relational and interpersonal skills and a genuine commitment to working with children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in one of the Complex Community Care Teams, delivering the highest quality, evidence-based clinical care and treatment for children, young people and their families. The post holder will work closely with other team members from a variety of professional and therapeutic backgrounds and will provide a psychological perspective to cases. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of complex young people with a variety of mental health disorders up to the age of 18. The post holder will work across East Lancashire and will be expected to travel and work from various clinical locations as required. The role will involve but is not limited to:

• Providing high-quality specialist psychological assessment, formulation, evidence-based psychological therapy and evaluation, including ROMS.
• Offering advice and consultation to non-psychological colleagues and to other non-professional carers, where psychological intervention is a key aspect of treatment programmes.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.
• Utilising research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served by the service.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education

• 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

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.

Experience

• 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

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from 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.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.