# Senior Clinical Psychologist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Blackpool Victoria Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Psychologist
- **Grade:** Band 8
- **Salary:** £57528.00 to £64750.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (remote working)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-28T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14T15:27:15.814Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v7856622
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7856622?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are seeking a senior clinical psychologist with an interest in working with cardiac patients to join the Directorate of Psychology. If you have experience of working remotely to effectively deliver psychological interventions and a demonstrable ability to adapt your practice to changing service needs we would be interested in your application.

### Main duties of the job

To support the vision and aims of the Directorate of Psychology at BTH.

As a member of the Directorate of Psychology you will deliver psychological interventions with patients and where appropriate carers and staff to further the psychological wellbeing of patients.

To undertake 1:1 and group based psychological interventions with patients under the care of the Lancashire Cardiac Centre.

To deliver reflective practice and consultation sessions as required.

To take part in clinical supervision as both supervisor and supervisee relevant to service need.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed breakdown of the responsibilities of the role.

### 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

### Other

**Essential**

- Ability to teach, train & supervise others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Computer literate, familiar with word, PowerPoint and other relevant software packages such as SPSS.

### Personal

**Essential**

- Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration, responding and participating as required.
- Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
- Ability to cope with unpleasant working environments or conditions
- Ability to cope in, and deal with, highly distressing emotional circumstances.

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working remotely with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course, and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
- Post-qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist (or equivalent) within the NHS

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

### Skills and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to plan and prioritise own clinical workload and research programmes.

### Training and Qualifications

**Essential**

- D.Clin.Psy or equivilent
- HCPC registration

**Desirable**

- achieved

## Documents

- [job description (docx, 721.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10695626)
- [person specification (docx, 765.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10695627)
- [application guide booklet (pdf, 511.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2617)
- [guidance on pre-employment checks (pdf, 64.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=447)
- [statement on recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 43.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=448)

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