Assistant Psychologist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 Per Annum (subject to confirmation) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 February 2026 |
| Location: | Whittingham, Preston, PR3 2JH |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7727361/351-SPS1573-TG |
Summary
Due to high numbers of applications this vacancy may close earlier.
We are looking to recruit a full time Assistant Psychologist to join the inpatient psychology team at Guild Lodge. The post-holder will primarily work with the psychologists in the Forensic Brain Injury Service at Guild Lodge but will have opportunity to gain experience across the whole service. This post would be ideal for those psychology graduates with experience in inpatient mental health settings to develop their direct clinical work and understanding of neuropsychology.
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to join the established multidisciplinary team in the Forensic Brain Injury Service. The post holder will contribute to the provision of a high quality, specialist clinical psychology service, to service users with forensic, complex and high-risk needs, resident at Guild Lodge, within low and/or medium secure settings.
To support the provision of psychological care to service users in the Forensic Brain Injury Service, Guild Lodge with the opportunity to support the Men’s and Women's Secure Services. Tasks include assisting with psychological assessment and psychological interventions within the Forensic Brain Injury Service under the supervision of a qualified clinical neuropsychologist. To assist in clinically related administration, conduct of audits and collection of statistics related to departmental research projects, teaching and project work. The post will require liaison and joint work with multidisciplinary colleagues and agencies, and the ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information using highly developed interpersonal and team working skills. There will be regular review of work goals and weekly clinical supervision.
• To undertake psychological assessments of clients within the service utilising a range of specialist psychological assessments and information sources; these including psychometric psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, direct and indirect observations and clinical interview, and direct clinical input to assessments with staff and carers.
• To analyse and interpret assessment outcomes.
• To undertake individual and group psychological interventions with clients where they form part of an integrated multi-disciplinary treatment and risk management plan
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
• To contribute to clinical judgements and formulations regarding client’s treatment and risk management needs and treatment plans, and to provide advice in relation to the care of patients, or groups of patients. To assist with the completion of MDT risk assessments such as HCR-20 risk assessments.
• To participate in the planning and implementation of group psychological therapy initiatives with multi-disciplinary colleagues.
• To provide written psychology reports and formulations of referred clients’ needs, synthesising complex historical, developmental and current assessment data.
• To utilise relevant procedural, relational and physical security techniques to reduce and/or manage risk towards self and/or others.
• To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings in collaboration with the appropriate supervising psychologist.
• To perform other duties of a similar kind appropriate to the grade as required.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
For further information or an informal discussion about the post please contact: Dr Andrew Leigh, Clinical Neuropsychologist
This advert closes on Friday 23 Jan 2026