Clinical Psychologist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Professional supervision

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join the Community CYPMH in Fylde and Wyre. The post involves leading psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with children and young people, and contributing to service development and research.

You will work within a supportive peer group, receive regular supervision, and engage in training and service development activities as part of a growing multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist desirable for CYPMH service.
• Experience leading psychological assessment, formulation and intervention.
• Involvement in audit, policy, service development and research.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality specialist clinical psychology services for children and young people.
• Offer advice, consultation and supervision on psychological care to colleagues and carers.
• Work autonomously within professional guidelines and governance of psychological practice.
• Utilise doctoral-level research skills for audit, policy and service development and supervise trainee researchers.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Assessment & formulation

Intervention planning

Training & supervision

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community CYPMH in LSCFT- Fylde and Wyre. The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from moderate to severe.

We are currently seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join a busy and well-respected Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service.

The successful candidate will be expected to take a specific clinical lead role within the team in relation to psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with children and young people. You will contribute to the broader aims of the service through joint working, consultation, training, supervision, and service development/ research. You will be joining the service at an exciting time of development and will be able to help influence change going forward.

You will benefit from an enthusiastic, hard-working and supportive peer group and will be part of a community of psychological professionals within the Trust and Network. The post-holder will receive regular supervision and professional support from an experienced Clinical Psychologist within the service.

• To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service for children and young people struggling with their mental health
• To offer advice, consultation and supervision on this client group’s psychological care to psychology colleagues, non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
• To utilise doctoral level research skills as a major component of the post for audit, policy and service development and research and to supervise research carried out by trainee and assistant psychologists.

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.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nemea Byrne-Fraser Job title: Team Coordinator Email address: [e-mail]