Consultant Clinical Psychologist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in England seeks an experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist to lead the Inpatient Psychology Services at Guild Lodge. The role involves providing clinical leadership, supervising the psychology team, and ensuring high standards of psychological service delivery. Candidates should have substantial experience in secure care with expertise in psychological assessment and management of complex cases. This position advocates for staff support, professional development, and fosters a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Supportive staff therapy services

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in at least one model of relevant therapy.
• Experience in delivering supervision and clinical leadership.
• Strong knowledge of forensic mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the forensic inpatient service.
• Contribute to service development and clinical transformation.
• Hold a clinical case load within the inpatient forensic service.

Skills

Psychological leadership

Clinical supervision

Risk assessment

Management of personality disorder

Interventions for psychosis

Education

Relevant psychology degree

Job description

Position Summary

We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity has arisen for an 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist to be the Psychology 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.

An experienced candidate is required to provide psychological leadership and clinical supervision into the inpatient psychology service, and to work closely with their counterpart in the community service to ensure continuity in the application of psychological input across the transition. The successful applicant will work alongside a well established, dedicated psychology team to ensure a high standard of psychological service.

Staff support is paramount to us. We have a dedicated therapy service for staff who have experienced trauma as well as workplace trauma support which continues to be rolled out trust wide. Furthermore, psychology has developed a leadership development programme for psychological professionals aiming to support colleagues in their development and confidence in providing and developing their leadership skills.

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic person with a range and depth of experience of working in secure care. Relevant experience would include expertise in risk assessment and formulation, management of personality disorder, interventions for psychosis, accreditation/ expertise in at least one model of a relevant therapy, and a track record of delivering supervision and other aspects of clinical leadership to psychology and non-psychology staff.

Responsibilities

• Work as a senior member of the service to assist in providing clinical leadership, supervision and strategic service development to the forensic inpatient service.
• Work closely with other senior clinical and managerial staff within Guild Lodge to provide a psychological perspective to service planning, service development and clinical service transformation.
• Hold a clinical case load within the Inpatient forensic service.
• Contribute to LSCFT wide discussions regarding Forensic inpatient services
• Provide supervision
• Provide consultation to colleagues and other services
• Provide governance/ oversight for interventions, referrals, waiting lists and clinical delivery.

If you are considering a psychological profession’s post here at LSCFT we encourage you to contact us and we would be very happy to talk further about the opportunities available – we look forward to hearing from you!

EEO Statement

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.

Here at LSCFT we are a dedicated and passionate community of psychological professionals. We are committed to staff support and CPD and encourage opportunities for colleagues to undertake innovative work or ‘passion projects’ where appropriate to their job roles. We have an annual psychological professionals conference which is always well attended, as well as trust support for innovative psychological practice as supported by our psychological professionals’ governance group. We aim to provide a culture of unity and joined up working with colleagues and we feel there is a strong sense of community and psychological identity here.

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

When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you show how you meet each of the criteria of the person specification providing illustrative examples where possible; as this is what you will be shortlisted against.

This advert closes on Tuesday 13 Jan 2026