Principal Clinical Psychologist - Older Adults | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,455 - £74,896 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 December 2025 |
| Location: | Ormskirk, L39 3BP |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7619014/351-CEN2367-EB |
Summary
Base/Location: Brookside Retirement Village, Ormskirk, Lancashire
Up to 26.25 hrs - Band 8b
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist with experience and enthusiasm to work with our friendly, supportive and psychologically minded Older Persons Integrated Mental Health Team in West Lancashire. The postholder will provide the team with highly specialist consultation sessions alongside delivering direct therapeutic interventions to our West Lancashire Older Adult service users.
The postholder will also be integral in providing guidance and direction to the team and other agencies who are working with highly complex older adult service users and will be expected to lead and chair complex case meetings, psychological case formulation forums (CCCF’s), professional meetings etc as required.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the team and also work closely with the Older Adult Principal Clinical Psychologist within the Central Lancashire locality to ensure a high-quality psychological services are provided and delivered across both West and Central Lancashire.
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 role will also involve taking trainees on placement, supervising non-psychology colleagues, teaching, training, reflective practice sessions and supporting psychological well-being within the team.
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 is also an Older Adult 8b peer supervision group 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
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.
This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025