Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Clinical Lead

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to act as lead for the Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) interventions pathway in LSCft. Complex Emotional Needs or CEN is a term used to describe service users who may have difficulties associated with a personality disorder. As part of the NHS Long Term Plan Community Transformation a new Complex Emotional Needs pathway has recently been developed which is non-diagnostic focused and instead focused upon service user complexity and need. Within the pathway there are specialist interventions provided and developed that are run trustwide including Structured Clinical Management, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Mentalisation Based Therapy. These interventions are delivered by Specialist Practitioners for Personality Disorder, SCM practitioners, Psychologists and CMHT staff.

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic person with a passion to work with clients who present with complexity, a history of trauma, risk and difficulties managing their emotions or relationships and impulsivity. Experience that would be valuable to this post includes previous work with this client group, experience of MDT working, experience of delivering Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Structured Clinical Management or Mentalisation Based Therapy and experience of providing supervision and consultation.

Should you wish to discuss the post in more detail please email us on the details provided

Main duties of the job

This post offers an opportunity to be able to provide long term meaningful interventions with the potential to make a real difference to clients' lives.

The successful post holder would be expected to

Work as a senior member of the service to assist in providing clinical leadership, supervision and strategic service development to the clinical teams and services within the designated specialty clinical care group.
Work closely with other senior clinical and managerial staff within localities to provide a psychological perspective to service planning, service development and clinical service transformation across LSCFT.
Hold a clinical case load within the CEN pathway
Contribute to LSCFT wide discussions regarding Community Transformation
Provide supervision
Provide consultation to colleagues and other services
Provide governance/ oversight for interventions, referrals, waiting lists and clinical delivery.
Leadership will be a core part of the job role and the post holder will have access and support to develop this via colleagues and training opportunities.
Clinical leadership for the Acute Therapy Services (ATS) providing supervision, consultation and support to the ATS service leads and staff, as well as support with pathway, policy and evaluation.

About us

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

Date posted

18 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£70,417 to £81,138 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-PEN817-EB

Job locations

Trustwide - Pennine to host locality

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist (clinical).
Eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.

Knowledge

Essential

Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology, including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.

Experience

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience including experience within the designated specialty/type of service
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, in various settings including outpatient, community, primary care inpatient and residential care settings. Also including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threats of physical abuse.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibilities for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care- coordinator and also within the context of a multi- disciplinary care plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS
HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist (clinical).
Eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.

Knowledge

Essential

Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology, including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology and two or more distinct psychological therapies
Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
A high level ability to communicate effectively at both a written and oral level complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.

Experience

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience including experience within the designated specialty/type of service
Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, in various settings including outpatient, community, primary care inpatient and residential care settings. Also including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threats of physical abuse.
Experience of exercising full clinical responsibilities for clients' psychological care and treatment, both as a professionally qualified care- coordinator and also within the context of a multi- disciplinary care plan.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.