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Salary1. To provide a qualified Clinical Psychology Service to patients of the nominated team(s) including the provision of specialist psychological assessment and therapy, working within the policies, procedures and protocols applicable to the service.
2. To offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the services policies and procedures. To develop advanced skills in consultancy by implementing formal systems of consultancy within the nominated team(s) as directed and guided by your locality Professional lead and his/her deputies.
1. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area in which the post-holder works.
Clinical Psychologist – Older Adults Specialty Band 7/8a
The psychology post within the CMHT involves direct and indirect psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, consultation (alongside psychology colleagues), training and supervision of psychology and non-psychology colleagues. The successful applicant will be working alongside another Clinical Psychologist, and assistant psychologist based within the team, plus multi-disciplinary colleagues and the team manager to continue to develop a high quality, community-orientated service for older people.
The post is professionally attached to a wider network of psychologists and therapists both locally and throughout the Trust who share a strong commitment to providing quality services for older people in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust is also committed to staff development, and have recently invested in funding further therapy training (e.g. EMDR, MBT, DBT, specialist CBT).
Applications are welcome from current third year clinical psychology doctorate trainees and the successful post-holder would be eligible for the Trust support pathway for newly qualified staff.
If required, additional hours may be available within the wider network. Please contact us if you would like to discuss potential options or working patterns.
We would strongly welcome informal enquiries and visits.
Based at Shorelands, Central Drive, Blackpool
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 CumbriaFoundation 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 Wednesday 17 Jan 2024
