Clinical Psychologist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ormskirk is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to join their Central Lancs. CMHT. This role offers the chance to work within a supportive team, focusing on providing specialized psychological services and pursuing professional development opportunities. Candidates with a doctoral training in clinical psychology and HCPC registration eligibility are encouraged to apply. Flexible working arrangements are available.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Continuous professional development

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience of psychological assessment and treatment of adults in various care settings.
• Ability to manage complex clinical workloads and research programmes.
• Strong oral and written communication skills for technical information.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized clinical psychology services to clients.
• Conduct psychological assessments and therapy.
• Offer guidance to non-psychological colleagues.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Psychological therapy

Communication skills

Research methodology

Computer literacy

Education

Doctoral level training in clinical psychology

Eligibility for HCPC registration

Tools

SPSS

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 09 December 2025

Due to the promotion of the existing post-holder an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to work in the Central Lancs. CMHT based in Ormskirk. This is an ideal post for a newly qualified individual. The successful applicant will join two other Clinical Psychologists working in the Team, and a total of nine Psychological Therapists working within the Central and West Locality. We are a friendly and supportive service, taking Trainees from the three North West training courses on placement, and we actively encourage CPD. Please contact us if you wish to discuss this opportunity.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to clients referred to the multi-disciplinary CMHT
• To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and psychological therapy
• To offer advice and consultation to non-psychological colleagues and to other non-professional carers
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the Specialty and the CMHT's policies and procedures
• To utilise research skills for audit policy and service development within the area served by the service

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• 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)

Knowledge

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. Skills in the use of and interpretation of Neuropsychological Testing e.g WAIS V etc
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both inside and outside the NHS
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology
• Ability to plan and prioritise own clinical workload and research programmes
• Computer literate, familiar with word, PowerPoint and SPSS software packages

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of Adults across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings
• Experience of working with Adults presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity

  Personal

  • Ability to sit in constrained positions when working with clients
  • Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration, responding and participating as required
  • Ability to self‑reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately
  • Ability to cope with unpleasant working environments or conditions
  • Ability to cope in, and deal with, highly distressing emotional circumstances

  Other

  • Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi‑media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings
  • Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust