Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work within an innovative, dynamic and growing multi-disciplinary Community CYPMH in LSCFT- Fylde and Wyre. The children & young people who access our services present with a wide range of emotional and mental health difficulties ranging from moderate to severe.
We are currently seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist to join a busy and well-respected Children and Young People’s Mental Health Service.
The successful candidate will be expected to take a specific clinical lead role within the team in relation to psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with children and young people. You will contribute to the broader aims of the service through joint working, consultation, training, supervision, and service development/ research. You will be joining the service at an exciting time of development and will be able to help influence change going forward.
You will benefit from an enthusiastic, hard-working and supportive peer group and will be part of a community of psychological professionals within the Trust and Network. The post-holder will receive regular supervision and professional support from an experienced Clinical Psychologist within the service.
Main duties of the job
- To ensure the systematic provision of a high-quality specialist clinical psychology service for children and young people struggling with their mental health
- To offer advice, consultation and supervision on this client group’s psychological care to psychology colleagues, non-psychology colleagues and other non-professional carers.
- To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the team/service.
- To utilise doctoral level research skills as a major component of the post for audit, policy and service development and research and to supervise research carried out by trainee and assistant psychologists.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy, please review the attached job description and person specification.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.
- Knowledge of child protection and accompanying policies/procedures and the implementation of these clinically.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working with children, young people, carers and families presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity.
- Experience of working systemically with family and carer groups and establishing the most effective methods of working with children, young people and their carers.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training in clinical 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.
- Registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical)
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This advert is for Clinical Psychologist with Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Whitegate Drive Health Centre. It is listed as a Band 8 Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 07 Sep 2026.
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