Consultant Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Whittingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health trust is seeking a Consultant Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist to lead Inpatient Psychology Services at Guild Lodge. The role includes providing psychological leadership, ensuring service quality, and contributing to service development. Candidates should have experience in secure care and a track record in clinical leadership. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive supervision

Qualifications

• Experience in secure care with expertise in risk assessment and formulation.
• Accreditation in at least one model of a relevant therapy.
• Proven track record of delivering supervision and clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological leadership and clinical supervision.
• Contribute to Trust-wide discussions about Forensic inpatient services.
• Demonstrate experience in service development and transformation.

Skills

Experience in secure care

Expertise in risk assessment

Management of personality disorder

Proven track record of delivering supervision

Experience in service development

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity has arisen for an 8c Consultant Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist to be the Lead for Inpatient Psychology Services at Guild Lodge Secure Mental Health Inpatient Hospital.

Guild Lodge is a regional secure unit and provides medium secure, low secure and step down provision for both men and women with complex mental health difficulties, as well as a specialist pathway for men with acquired brain injury.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychological leadership and clinical supervision into the inpatient psychology service, and work closely with the community service counterpart to ensure continuity in the application of psychological input across transitions.
• Work alongside a well established large psychology team to ensure a high standard of psychological service.
• Hold a clinical case load within the Inpatient forensic service.
• Contribute to Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust wide discussions regarding Forensic inpatient services.
• Provide supervision and consultation to colleagues and other services.
• Provide governance/oversight for interventions, referrals, waiting lists and clinical delivery.
• Provide psychological leadership as a core part of the job role.
• Demonstrate experience in service development and transformation within psychology.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience in secure care with expertise in risk assessment and formulation, management of personality disorder, interventions for psychosis.
• Accreditation in at least one model of a relevant therapy.
• Proven track record of delivering supervision and clinical leadership to psychology and non-psychology staff.

Support and supervision

• The post will be supported via clinical supervision and managerial supervision with the Associate Director of Operations for Forensic services and professional supervision from the Associate Director of Psychological Professions for Specialist Network.

Service development and transformation

This opportunity comes at an exciting time for the service where psychology is taking a lead role in transformation; candidates should be able to demonstrate experience in service development.

Employer and benefits information

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 partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Flexible working is encouraged, including term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. Please state these options on your application and discuss at interview.

How to apply and contact

For more information please visit the website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT or review the attached job description and person specification for more details.

For information or an informal discussion please contact:

• Dr Rebecca Brockhouse, Associate Network Director for Psychological Professions, Specialist Network – [e-mail]
• Dr Chris Harrop, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, current lead for inpatient services – [e-mail]

This advert closes on Monday 6 Oct 2025.