Senior Clinical Psychologist
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Rawtenstall, BB4 6SLView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
As part of the wider transformation of community mental health services, we are delighted to be recruiting to this newly developed post. The successfu...
- To work as part of a specialist mental health rehabilitation team that provides specialist assessment, treatment, interventions and support to enable the recovery of people whose complex needs cannot be met by general adult mental health services. This service aims to work with people to help them acquire or regain the skills and confidence to live successfully in the community. They focus on addressing and minimising the symptoms and functional impairment that people may have, with an emphasis on achieving as much individual autonomy and independence as possible.
- The post holder will lead in the development and provision of a highly specialist psychology service for clients with complex psychological and mental health presentations across two mental health rehabilitation community teams.
- To provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions, including neuropsychological assessment, as well as providing consultation and advice on clients' psychological care to MDT colleagues and carers.
- To contribute to support and training of other staff within the care group, across the trust and into other services as agreed.
- To provide clinical supervision and to play an active role in service developments and governance within the service as required.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures.
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
Education / Qualifications
Essential: - Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996).; - HCPC registration.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised psychological therapies.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex and /or clinically sensitive information to clients and professional colleagues within and outside the NHS.
- Experience in completing neuropsychological assessments, interpretation of results, and ability to communicate these sensitively as appropriate.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working therapeutically with clients with varied complex, psychological and mental health difficulties.
- Experience of engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent, or "hard-to-reach", clients.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
6 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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