Senior & Principal Development Clinical Psychologist

NHS; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health authority in Ormskirk seeks a Senior/Principal Development Clinical Psychologist to join an Older Persons Integrated Mental Health Team. The role includes leadership and direct clinical duties with Older Adults, requiring significant experience and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. The ideal candidate will contribute to a supportive environment with a commitment to staff development and ongoing training opportunities. This position allows for up to 30 hours per week with a potential for promotion.

Benefits

Ongoing training opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working within Older Adult Psychology.
• Willingness to complete training in specific psychological interventions.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership.
• Deliver direct and indirect clinical work.
• Supervise colleagues and provide training.

Skills

Experience with Older Adults

Clinical leadership skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Senior/Principal Development Clinical Psychologist - Older Adults

The closing date is 16 February 2026

Hours/Pattern of Work:

30 hours per week at Band 8a and when all competencies are met for the uplift to Band 8b - 26 hours a week will be offered

A fantastic and unique opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Clinical Psychologist who has a passion for work with Older Adults to join our friendly, supportive and psychologically minded Older Persons Integrated Mental Health Team in Ormskirk, West Lancashire.

Applications are welcome from experienced 8a clinical psychologists who wish to develop their clinical leadership skills via a robust development plan. Progression to the 8b role is determined by the completion of an agreed set of competencies not time in post.

We are looking for someone committed to multi-disciplinary team working who can provide professional and clinical leadership to our psychology and non-psychology colleagues.

The postholder will work from a Consultation model and ensure that the team has access to psychological opinion, support and intervention. Alongside consultation, the postholder will also deliver direct and indirect clinical work; supervise non/psychology colleagues, provide teaching/training, lead complex case discussions, conduct reflective practice/formulation sessions and support psychological well-being within the team.

Main duties of the job

Once progress has been made to the 8b level; the post holder will also become the lead for the complex care consultancy forum (CCCF) for West Lancs.

The 8b role also requires the postholder to deputise for the 8c on occasion.

The post is professionally attached to the locality older adult psychology team and wider network, both of which offer a friendly and supportive space, with a strong commitment to providing quality services for older people in Lancashire.

The Trust is also committed to staff development and have invested in on-going training and development opportunities including funding recent further therapy training and leadership courses.

The postholder would receive regular clinical and professional supervision from the 8C Older Adult Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist.

There are also Older Adult 8a and 8b peer supervision groups that the post holder would be expected to attend.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that the postholder has significant experience of working with the Older Adult population.

Although not essential, it is also desirable that the post holder has additional qualifications/skills or be willing to complete training in specific psychological interventions, for example, EMDR, compassion-focused therapy; ACT, trauma focused work etc

For further information please contact us using the details provided

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Significant experience of working within Older Adult Psychology or similar at a Senior level

Knowledge

• An increased level of knowledge relevant to this post equivalent to a post-graduate diploma (in addition to entry level qualification)
• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
• Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS by completion of CPD log demonstrating a minimum of 40 hours per year.

Experience

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
• Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention

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.

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust