Job overview
The South Cumbria team is one of our local MDTs and are currently looking for a Clinical Psychologist to join them. If you are a caring and highly committed professional who takes pride in working creatively and innovatively to offer a genuinely person-centred service, this post will be of interest to you.
In addition to locality MDT-based developments you would also be joining our wider group of Clinical Psychologists who meet regularly to develop the role and clinical offer within the Service. There will also be plenty of opportunities to grow this role which will be supported from colleagues both within your locality and the wider psychology team. We also heavily support much needed local and national research for children and young people who have a learning disability and their families. The advert is currently for a Senior Clinical Psychologist, so if you have the experience, then great. However, we would also be happy to talk to you have less than two years qualified and are interested in joining our team.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake appropriate tasks to support the Learning Disability Service (Children), as agreed with Operational Lead and Consultant Clinical Psychologist. To monitor the impact of such work on case and workload, communicating any associated risks to patient care to operational and/or professional leads.
- To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients’ formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.
- To ensure that all members of the multidisciplinary team(s) have access to a psychologically based framework for understanding and care of clients of the service through the provision of advice and consultation and the dissemination of psychological research and theory.
- To communicate, in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni- and multidisciplinary care.
- To provide expertise, advice and support to facilitate the effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all members of the treatment team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information about 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
- Knowledge of working with people who have a learning disability, and their families/carers
- Keyboard skills sufficient to enter data/write reports
- Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration responding and participating as required.
Qualifications
Essential
- Doctoral level training 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 registered as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical).
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This advert is for Senior Clinical Psychologist with Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in College House. 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 04 Sep 2026.
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