Preceptorship Clinical Psychologist - MHSOP

Job summary

We are delighted to advertise an exciting opportunity to take on an 8a role or a band 7 preceptorship within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Psychology in Leicester.

This is a permanent role within our community service and is an exciting role for developing Psychology input to the Melton and Rutland Neighbourhood Team.

The successful applicant will join the existing MHSOP Community Psychology team, offering input to the 8 Neighbourhood Teams across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, alongside completing Neuropsychological assessments for the Memory and Young Onset Dementia Assessment Service (YODAS).

The MHSOP Community Psychology Team works alongside the MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Team with regular opportunities for peer support, CPD, and further relevant training. MHSOP Psychology has strong links with the wider LPT Psychology and Psychological Therapies community, providing opportunity for shared learning, support, and development.

MHSOP Psychology has excellent links with the Leicester Doctoral Training Course, with opportunities for supervising trainees, providing teaching, contributing to reflective practice, and supervising service evaluation and research projects.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to patients and staff within the Melton and Rutland Neighbourhood Team.

The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on patients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and where appropriate deliver psychological assessments (including neuropsychological assessment) and interventions; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the Trust policies, procedures and service priorities. The post-holder will manage, and offer clinical supervision to less senior psychologists working in the MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Service.

The post-holder will participate fully in multidisciplinary clinical teams, ensuring effective systems are in place for the management of referrals to the service and workload of team members to ensure timely and appropriate care is provided. With the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for MHSOP, to develop and provide innovative services to meet the psychological needs of patients referred to the service in accordance with evidence-based practice.

The post-holder will be capable of conducting projects, working independently with only general briefings and working directly with senior managers.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details

• Date posted: 10 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8a
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 006736
• Job locations: Melton Mowbray Hospital, Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1SJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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