Senior Clinical Psychologist | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider in Liverpool seeks a Clinical Psychologist to develop and deliver psychology services in the A&E department. Responsibilities include providing specialised assessments, formulating treatment plans, and supervising junior clinical staff. The ideal candidate will have a Doctorate in Psychology. This role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care and contribute to the governance of psychological practice. Competitive compensation and professional development opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Must have a Doctorate in Psychology and be registered with the appropriate professional body.
• Experience in providing psychological services in a healthcare setting.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to integrate complex data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver psychology services in A&E.
• Provide psychological assessments and formulate treatment plans.
• Supervise junior staff and contribute to the governance of practice.

Skills

Specialist psychological assessments

Treatment planning

Risk management

Consultation and guidance

Education

Doctorate in Psychology

Job description

About the Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Responsibilities

• Supported by the Trust Professional Lead for Psychology, the psychologist will contribute to developing, delivering and evaluating psychology services in the A&E department.
• Must be willing to travel between sites serving patients of LUHFT as required.
• Provide highly developed specialist psychological assessments, based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
• Formulate plans for, and implement, psychological interventions based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and evidence of efficacy.
• Make highly skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options.
• Address the needs of carers as appropriate.
• Exercise full responsibility and autonomy for psychological treatment and discharge, communicating and liaising with referrers and others regularly.
• Provide expertise and specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals.
• Ensure that all members of the clinical teams have access to a psychologically based framework for the understanding and care of patients, through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological knowledge, research and theory.
• Undertake and advise on risk assessment and risk management.
• Communicate in a highly skilled and sensitive manner information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans.
• Provide expertise and advice to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the clinical teams.
• Provide expert consultation about the psychological care of the patient group to relevant staff and agencies outside the Trust.
• Contribute to planning, developing and coordinating psychology services in A&E.
• Offer consultation, training and guidance on psychological aspects of care to staff working within A&E.
• Work directly with patients identified as appropriate for the service.
• Offer focused staff support where appropriate.
• Supervise directly the clinical work of relevant junior staff.
• Contribute to the representation of psychology on relevant local bodies.
• Contribute a psychological perspective to multidisciplinary and multi‑agency planning and development.
• Contribute advice to Trusts on the systematic governance of psychology practice for patients of the service.
• Encourage the development and maintenance of network links with colleagues working in similar settings across the UK.
• Provide clinical and professional supervision to psychologists working in the service where appropriate.
• Provide specialist clinical placements for trainee clinical, health or counselling psychologists and other psychological practitioners, ensuring that they acquire the necessary clinical and research skills to doctoral level where appropriate, and competencies and experience to contribute effectively to good psychological practice, and contributing to the assessment and evaluation of those competencies.
• Provide specialist advice, consultation and training and (where agreed locally) clinical supervision to non‑psychologists in the trusts for their provision of psychological support and approaches.
• Contribute to pre‑ and post‑qualification courses for clinical, health or counselling psychology as appropriate.
• Continue to develop expertise in the area of professional pre and post‑qualification training and clinical supervision.

This advert closes on Thursday 11 Dec 2025.