Consultant Clinical Psychologist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Preston is seeking a compassionate Consultant Clinical Psychologist for a 9-month maternity cover. You will provide clinical leadership in a progressive team environment, delivering high-quality psychological care within the Family Safeguarding Service. Ideal candidates will be organised and skilled, with experience in mental health. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Registered Clinical Psychologist with experience in mental health settings.
• Ability to provide high-quality psychological assessment and interventions.
• Experience in clinical leadership and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and high-quality psychological interventions.
• Develop and manage the service while supervising other Clinical Psychologists.
• Collaborate with social care colleagues to provide effective care.

Skills

Organised

Compassionate

Reflective

Collaborative

Skilled Clinical Psychologist

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 9 months maternity leave cover for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to join our innovative, adult mental health team which is integrated into Lancashire's Family Safeguarding Service.

We are looking for an organised, compassionate, and reflective individual who is passionate about working collaboratively with families to safeguard children. Are you a motivated, enthusiastic and skilled Clinical Psychologist? Are you somebody that relishes change and service development? Do you see the opportunity to positively influence a person\'s emotional health and well-being as a privilege? If so, we want you to join us on our journey to be the best we can be for our families.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high level of expertise, clinical leadership and clinical governance across the pan Lancashire Family Safeguarding service.
• Take clinical leadership responsibility in the co-ordination and implementation of psychological care and ensure the systematic provision of high quality psychological and psychologically informed interventions.
• Ensure that the service philosophy is underpinned by a strengths based, motivational interviewing approach, providing services compliant with NICE guidance and recognising the importance of relational aspects of assessment and therapy.
• Develop, clinically lead and manage the service, provide line management and clinical supervision to the 8a and 8b Clinical Psychologists.
• Provide psychological assessment, consultation and intervention to parents/partners open to the Family Safeguarding Service.
• Oversee the evaluation of the psychological therapy service and attend management meetings, team meetings, and group supervision as needed.
• Engage in wider service development within the Family Safeguarding Service and deliver training to disseminate psychological skills and knowledge.
• Collaborate with Social Care colleagues including Social Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Substance Misuse Practitioners and Probation to provide high quality safe and effective care for service users.

About the service

The service is funded by Lancashire County Council to provide specialist assessment and treatment for parents of children open to the Family Saf safeguarding Service who have identified mental health difficulties impacting safeguarding. The integrated service is positioned at the primary care level, offering preventative early intervention. The aim is to provide families with the right mental health support, at the right time, in the aim of keeping families together when it is safe to do so.

Organisation and working arrangements

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working and a positive work/life balance. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. Applicants are encouraged to state requests on their application forms and discuss options at interview.

Eligibility and expectations

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT. Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025.