CBT Therapist (CYPMH) | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 November 2025 |
| Location: | Lancaster, LA1 5AZ |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7526126/351-SPS1480-MF |
Summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children and young people, and their families?
Do you have a passion and enthusiasm for supporting young people to improve their mental health and reach their potential?
Are you thinking about where in the country you would like to work?
Referral rates to CAMHS are rising. There is much work to be done and we need clinicians who want to make a positive difference to the lives of young people.
We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist/ CBT therapist to Lancaster and Morecambe CAMHS / Children’s Psychological Service (CPS). We are a part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and creative Clinical Psychologist/CBT Therapist to join our established Psychological Therapies Team (including Clinical Psychologists, CBT Therapist, Family Therapist and Trainee/Assistant Psychologists) which works within the highly experienced, supportive and forward thinking CAMHS/CPS MDT, inclusive of Psychiatrists, CAMHS Practitioners, ADHD Practitioners, Primary Mental Health Workers and, Children and Young Wellbeing Practitioners.
We will consider applications from current final year Clinical Psychology trainees qualifying in 2025.
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 and specific therapies training and supervision (e.g., DDP, EMDR, Schema Therapy).
There will be ample opportunity for post-qualification support, supervision and consolidation of core competencies alongside more experienced colleagues both locally and across the region.
For an informal discussion please contact Dr Claire Nicholls, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, on 01524 550650.
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.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 19 Oct 2025