Principal Clinical Psychologist
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Preston, PR1 8SRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£66,582 to £77,368
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
26 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within SCAYT+. This is a team of emotional health workers, social workers...
We will usually start our work together with a consultation. This can be with a single worker or carer or can be a wider meeting with a number of relevant professionals and carers. This may be a one off, or if it is helpful, we might agree a series of meetings.
Although our primary focus is on consultation with carers and professionals we can also engage in direct work with children in conjunction with their parents/carers.
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.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996) or a similar psychological field (ie forensic or counselling psychology) including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
- Post-doctoral training in one or more additional attachment focused area of psychological practice, for example, DDP or Theraplay .
Experience
Essential
- Substantial post-qualification experience working as a qualified psychologist with children, young people and their parents/carers.
- Substantial experience of contributing a psychological perspective within the context of multidisciplinary and multiagency care for children, young people and their parents/carer
- Experience of working with a wide variety of child and family presentations that reflect the full range of clinical need, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing difficulties.
Knowledge
Essential
- Formal training in supervision of other psychologists.
- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Doctoral level knowledge of clinical, counselling or forensic psychology, including highly developed knowledge of lifespan developmental psychology.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
12 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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