Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Accrington, BB5 5DE |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6305441/351-SPS877-MF-E |
Summary
Senior Clinical/Counselling Psychologist Band 8a 1 WTE / 37.5 hours.
Newly qualified Clinical Psychologists are invited to apply for this post on a Band 7 Development Post.
The post will be based at:The Mount, Whalley Road, Accrington, BB5 6AS
We are looking for an enthusiastic Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to join our busy community services for children, young people & their families. We have the option of appointment to a part time 8a post for suitably qualified and experienced candidates, or appointment to a Band 7 development post for a newly qualified Clinical Psychologist. We will consider applications from current final year Clinical Psychology trainees qualifying in 2023.
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. 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.
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, 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, 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
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Clinical/Counselling 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.
Please note that this post is subject to anEnhanced CRB Disclosure.
This advert closes on Monday 20 May 2024