Assistant Psychology | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 subject to confirmation (pro rata for part time hours) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 April 2026 |
| Location: | Blackpool, FY1 5JW |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7841361/351-FYL691-TG |
Summary
Assistant Psychologist x 2 – Older Adults Specialty Band 4
One full time vacancy - 37.5 hours week Based at Lytham Unit, Warton Street, Lytham
One part time vacancy 30 hours per weekBased at Shorelands, Central Drive, Blackpool
We are delighted to be able to offer two assistant psychologist posts in our friendly and supportive community teams on the Fylde Coast.
Main duties of the role
Both teams provide a variety of approaches to support older people with complex mental health issues. The Rapid Intervention and Treatment Team (RITT) provides short term input and aims to reduce the need for hospital admission where possible with a specialist care home liaison service also provided to nursing and care homes. The Older Adult Community Mental Health Team provides support to older adults and their families who are living with complex mental health difficulties and/or dementia.
The successful applicants will be integrated into the multi-disciplinary team, and the role includes direct and indirect clinical work under supervision from a clinical psychologist. The teams also have a proactive approach to service development, and supporting with research, training and reflective practice may be part of the role.
The posts are 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 and South Cumbria. We also have close links with the local Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training courses.
Youare required to meet the essential travel requirements for the role, which includes carrying out home visits across Community settings including some that are rural and hard to reach via public transport
• Under supervision from a qualified clinical psychologist toassist in the professional and psychological care of clients within the service across all sectors of care by providing basic aspects of psychological assessment and psychological interventions.
• May assist in clinically related audits, surveys, collation and analysis of statistics information
• All clinical work and actions to take place under the management and supervision of qualified psychology staff according to an agreed plan and associated goals within parameters set out by the Division of Clinical Psychology and Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust departmental policies and procedures in connection with Assistant Psychologists.
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.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
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• Formal supervision with a named member of qualified clinical psychology staff to take place on a weekly basis to facilitate work with additional frequent opportunities for informal contact with qualified psychology staff for guidance and advice.
• Travel is a requirement of this post. Clinical activity involves sitting, often in a constrained position for long periodsof time. Related activities will require the use of a VDU screen for approximately 50% of working hours
• To communicate complex, sensitive information to users and carers regarding personal, psycho-social problems in an empathic and supportive way. This will involve using inter-personal skills where agreement or co-operation is required, e.g. results of an assessment
• To support the Clinical Psychologist, peers, other colleagues, patients/clients and provide effective communication within the team/unit.
• To assess the needs of patients and their carers based on the analysis of facts or situations. Interventions will be planned on the assessment information and the feedback from this as directed by a qualified Clinical Psychologist or registered healthcare professional
• To contribute to assessment and management plan for patients with high risk clinical needs to ensure safety of patients, carers, staff and the general public
Please see the job description and person specification for more details on this role.
Forenquiries about the roles, please contact:
Dr Yvonne Woodward (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) or Rebecca Irish (RITT Team Leader)
yvonne.woodward@lscft.nhs.uk; Rebecca.irish@lscft.nhs.uk
01253 957581
NB: interviews will be held jointly for the above two posts and successful applicants will be offered the most appropriate role based on interview performance; preferences e.g. part/full time will be considered where possible.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Mar 2026