Clinical Lead- Clinical Psychologist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 March 2025

Job summary

We are seeking an innovative and experienced colleague to join the leadership team of NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Talking Therapies.

The service is a large provider of psychological therapies in the Lancashire and South Cumbria region.

You will be joining a group of experienced, knowledgeable and passionate clinical and operational leads. We are committed to continued professional development clinically, as a supervisor and as a leader.The successful candidate is expected to already be trained to supervisor level. The role will be varied in supporting specific Talking Therapies teams and their interface with other services, in a co-production model with team leaders and deputy team leaders.

1 x full-time, permanent 8a Senior Clinical Psychologist post with a specific focus on Long-term conditions (LTC) pathways in the service with a focus on new partnerships with physical health teams as we well as provision of clinical supervision in groups.

Main duties of the job

To work as a member of the NHS Lancashire & South Cumbria Talking Therapies Leadership Team to deliver a quality and innovative service.

To provide professional and clinical leadership to the High Intensity Therapists across the full LSCft NHS Talking Therapies footprint.

To take delegated responsibility as the aligned clinical lead for a designated locality.

To work closely, utilising a co-production model, with designated Team Leaders to ensure the systematic provision of a high quality NHS Talking Therapies Service across that Locality and ultimately across the LSCft footprint.

To ensure that robust supervision arrangements are in place for the relevant Step 3 High Intensity Therapist workforce.

To work alongside a range of different professionals, practice teams, practice audit through networking and the wider health and social care system to deliver care in the Primary Care setting.

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 NHSft.

Date posted

26 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CEN1183-MC-D

Job locations

Talking Therapies Management

Various sites

PR5 6GD

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

Evidence of post qualification supervisor training and delivery of clinical supervision
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained before 1996
Recognised qualification in CBT to postgraduate level with BABCP accreditation, or a commitment to Clinical Psychologist top-up training with NHS Talking Therapies

Knowledge

Essential

Clearly demonstrable in depth and breadth knowledge in relation to Counselling/CBT theory and practice
HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist
Knowledge of the NHS Talking Therapies model
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings/services including physical health
Experience of working with a wide variety of clients that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
Significant experience of working in the field of physical health with adults
Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of post qualification supervisor training and delivery of clinical supervision
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent for those who trained before 1996
Recognised qualification in CBT to postgraduate level with BABCP accreditation, or a commitment to Clinical Psychologist top-up training with NHS Talking Therapies

Knowledge

Essential

Clearly demonstrable in depth and breadth knowledge in relation to Counselling/CBT theory and practice
HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist
Knowledge of the NHS Talking Therapies model
Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS

Experience

Essential

Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings/services including physical health
Experience of working with a wide variety of clients that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
Significant experience of working in the field of physical health with adults
Demonstrable evidence of a continuing commitment to developing expertise in psychological assessment and intervention

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.