Principal Clinical Psychologist - £7k Incentive | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7123040/351-CEN1038-LG-G |
Summary
Role: 1.0WTE Lead Psychologist, Access and Urgent Care Services Central Lancashire (0.5WTE Central Lancashire Home Based Treatment Team & 0.5WTE Acute Therapy Service).
Band: 8B
Network: Central and West Locality
Tenure: Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Psychologist for Access & Urgent Care Services across the footprint of Central and West Lancashire. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, who has a proven track record of clinical leadership. The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate a robust understanding of collaborative working.
The above exciting opportunity have arisen as a result of investment in the Clinical Psychology resource within the Urgent Care Pathway. This senior post, will contribute to short-term interventions, as well as Supervision, Service Development and Research as appropriate. The Post-holders will be joining a supportive Team of nine Clinical Psychologists and one CBT Therapist across various teams in the Central and West Lancashire Locality. We have good links with the Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester training courses, and strongly support CPD.
*The Welcome Bonus is only available to candidates who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider Trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria (LSC) Integrated Care System (ICS) in a like-for-like role or core profession. For example, a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse role at LSCft or in a role such as Mental Health Practitioner Role that requires the same profession.
These trusts are:
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses. This bonus is applicable from 1st July 2024 – 30th April 2025.
The £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:
• £3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)
• £2,000 after 12 months
• £2,000 after 24 months
PLEASE NOTE: Individuals obtaining assistance through the Welcome Bonus scheme are required to sign an agreement which includes the following:
• return all of monies paid, if they do not start on the agreed date detailed within their unconditional offer
• to return all monies paid if they voluntarily leave the employment of the Trust within 6 months of commencement
• to return all monies paid if they move within the Trust from one role to another role which does not attract the welcome bonus within 6 months of commencement
• if they move to a new role that does not attract the welcome bonus after 6 months then future payments will cease
For more details, please visit our websiteWelcome bonus and relocation packages terms and conditions :: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
If you have any questions, we would be happy to discuss them – please contact recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025