Main area: Children & Young People’s Psychological Services
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (22.50)
Job ref: 351-SPS1316-CLK-A
Site: CYPMH Psychological Services East Lancs Town, Accrington
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/02/2025 23:59
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, believing 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, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Senior Clinical Psychologist Posts Band 8a -
1.0 WTE/37.5 hours
0.6 WTE/22.5 hours.
Newly qualified Clinical Psychologists are invited to apply for the two posts on a Band 7 Development Post.
The post will be based at: The Mount, Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 6AS.
The role is within: Children & Young People’s Psychological Services (CYPPS) – East Lancashire.
We are looking for two enthusiastic Clinical Psychologists to join our busy community services for children, young people & their families. We have the option of appointing to a full time 8a post (37.5 hours) and a part time post (22.5 hours) for suitably qualified and experienced candidates. Or appointment to a Band 7 development post for both advertised posts. We will consider applications from current final year Clinical Psychology trainees qualifying in 2025.
You will join an established service, which includes Clinical Psychologists, Specialist Psychological Therapists, Family Therapist & Trainee/Assistant Psychologists. We are part of Children & Young People’s Psychological Services & CAMHS across LSCFT & have close links with our local Child Psychiatry Service in East Lancashire.
We support our team to deliver high quality & innovative psychological assessments and interventions with children & young people through consultation, individual, systemic/family & group work. There will be opportunities to further develop areas of clinical interest relevant to the employed role.
Main duties of the job
Our team have benefitted from a range of development opportunities including in-house training & specific therapies training & supervision (e.g. PCG, CBT, EMDR, VIG, Theraplay, DDP). There will be ample opportunity for post-qualification support, supervision & consolidation of core competencies alongside more experienced colleagues both locally & across the region. All Clinical Psychologists have an agreed Job Plan which protects their core clinical commitments & allocated time for agreed projects. Newly qualified Clinical Psychologists will also be offered a place on our cross-specialty in-house support and CPD program. There will also be opportunities to support the broader aims of leadership activity through indirect work, delivering training, & service development/audit activities. Where required, we will also support employees to develop competencies in clinical supervision as part of their professional development plan. We have excellent links with the North West Doctorate Clinical Training courses and encourage the team to offer core and specialist placements to trainees. Working for our organisation
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 a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview. For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. Applications are invited from suitably qualified Clinical Psychologists with extensive knowledge & experience of theory, assessment & intervention with the breadth of complex difficulties experienced by Children, Young People & their Families. Shortlisting will be done against the appropriate Job Description and Person Specification. Informal visits and discussions are encouraged. Please note that this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Person specification
Education
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Current registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical) Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Knowledge
Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. A high level of ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Experience
Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with children, young people and their families, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings. Experience of working systemically with family and carer groups and establishing the most effective methods of working with children, young people and their carers. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified autonomous practitioner and also within the context of a multiagency treatment plan. Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them. Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description. Personalisation is essential when submitting an application form to convey your skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively. Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts. For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s). You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates. LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Our team have benefitted from a range of development opportunities including in-house training & specific therapies training & supervision (e.g. PCG, CBT, EMDR, VIG, Theraplay, DDP). There will be ample opportunity for post-qualification support, supervision & consolidation of core competencies alongside more experienced colleagues both locally & across the region. All Clinical Psychologists have an agreed Job Plan which protects their core clinical commitments & allocated time for agreed projects. Newly qualified Clinical Psychologists will also be offered a place on our cross-specialty in-house support and CPD program. There will also be opportunities to support the broader aims of leadership activity through indirect work, delivering training, & service development/audit activities. Where required, we will also support employees to develop competencies in clinical supervision as part of their professional development plan. We have excellent links with the North West Doctorate Clinical Training courses and encourage the team to offer core and specialist placements to trainees. Working for our organisation
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 a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview. For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. Applications are invited from suitably qualified Clinical Psychologists with extensive knowledge & experience of theory, assessment & intervention with the breadth of complex difficulties experienced by Children, Young People & their Families. Shortlisting will be done against the appropriate Job Description and Person Specification. Informal visits and discussions are encouraged. Please note that this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Person specification
Education
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS. Current registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical) Pre-qualification training and qualifications in research methodology, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology. Knowledge
Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology Skills in the use of highly complex methods of psychological assessment intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration. A high level of ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to children and young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS. Experience
Substantial experience of working as a qualified clinical psychologist with children, young people and their families, presenting with the full range of clinical severity across the full range of care settings. Experience of working systemically with family and carer groups and establishing the most effective methods of working with children, young people and their carers. Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified autonomous practitioner and also within the context of a multiagency treatment plan. Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them. Please be aware the use of artificial intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. AI-generated content may lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description. Personalisation is essential when submitting an application form to convey your skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively. Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts. For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s). You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates. LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you’d like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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