Senior/Principal Clinical Psychologist (�7k* Welcome Bonus)

Band 8b (or 8a to 8b preceptorship also considered) Clinical Psychology Role available offering clinical input and leadership across the Fylde Coast adult community and urgent care pathway.We require a motivated, dynamic and experienced qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our well established team of Clinical Psychologists offering input to the Fylde Coast Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) and the Access and Urgent Care Pathway (AUC). The post is well-established within the Fylde Coast and has recently become vacant due to the previous post-holder getting a promotion within the same Network. You would be joining a friendly and supportive team, who work well within the MDT, and seeing a broad range of clinical presentations.This is a great opportunity to develop therapeutic skills in Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and Compassion Focussed Therapy. Clinical Supervision can be provided in each of these modalities. In this role there are opportunities for direct and indirect/systemic clinical work, consultation, research, audit and clinical leadership.

The role is currently advertised as 0.9 WTE (0.4 wte CMHT & 0.5 wte AUC). However, there is a possibility that this role could be extended to a full-time post in twelve months time, increasing hours into the CMHT.

The Fylde Coast is easily accessible via the M6 and M55 motorways. The nominated base for this is negotiable across the Wyre CMHT and Access and Urgent Care Teams.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work with another Principal Clinical Psychologist (who works into the Blackpool CMHT and Access and Urgent Care Pathway) to provide joint clinical leadership and supervision to the Senior Clinical Psychologists, Senior CBT Therapist/EMDR Consultant, Assistant Clinical Psychologist and Trainee Clinical Psychologist(s) working within the teams.As a principal psychologist, there would be opportunity for the post holder to deputise for the psychology lead alongside the other B8b in Network. The post-holder will also be part of a wider and supportive team of psychological professionals within the Fylde Coast Network, which includes Older Adult and Inpatient psychology services.If taken on as preceptor you would be supported to reach the expected level of competencies for a B8b psychologist (over a period of up to two years, subject to successful completion of the competencies). This would be supported by Consultant and Principal Clinical psychologists already working in the Network, as well as the Network Associate Director for Psychological Professions and the wider adult psychology network.

About us

The £7k Welcome Bonus package applies to this role. The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like-for-like role e.g. a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment. This bonus is applicable from 1st July 2024 - 30th September 2024.The £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:

o £3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)o £2,000 after 12 monthso £2,000 after 24 months

Job description

Job responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 6 months of commencing employment.

For more details, please visit our website - Welcome bonus and relocation packages terms and conditions :: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (lscft.nhs.uk)

If you have any questions, we would be happy to discuss them please contact recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk.

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education/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 registration as practitioner psychologist
• HCPC registration as practitioner psychologist

Knowledge

Essential

• An increased level of knowledge relevant to this post equivalent to a post -graduate diploma (in addition to entry level qualification)
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Knowledge of legislation, and its implications in relation to the client group and mental health

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems 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
• Demonstrable experience of conducting complex audit/research and service evaluation
• Experience of exercising full clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment both as a professionally qualified lead professional and also within the context of multidisciplinary care plan

Skills

Essential

• Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required
• Well developed skills in communicating 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
• Ability to self reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fylde and Wyre CMHT

Fleetwood

FY7 6AH

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