Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Psychological Therapist

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Psychological Therapist, currently registered with HCPC or BABCP, to work within the Adult Mental Health Pathway in Lancaster & Morecambe. This role will be carried out in collaboration with other psychological therapists, 2 Consultant Clinical Psychologists working into the teams, and assisted by another 2 principal psychologists, and two assistant psychologists.

The core role will be to provide a specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with adults with moderate to severe mental health problems. We support our staff to deliver high quality and innovative psychological solutions with service-users through consultation, individual, and group work, and we are keen to expand psychological leadership in the teams to develop the use of formulation and reflective practice.

We are committed to CPD and there will be opportunities for post-qualification support, supervision and consolidation of core and specialist competencies, alongside more experienced colleagues both locally and across the county.

If you would like to discuss these roles or have suggestions or questions, feel free to get in touch with us on the details provided. The Appointing Manager is currently working across the Fylde Coast, Lancaster & Morecambe in the Adult Mental health and Urgent Care Pathways, so would be happy to discuss informally and can provide a valuable insight into the role

Main duties of the job

We are keen to offer a broad clinical role as well as work with the teams through training, supervision, and consultation.

All staff will have an agreed Job Plan which protects their core clinical commitments and allocated time for other aspects of their roles.

We are keen to make sure that the posts we advertise can be sustainable, and retention is as important as recruitment.

We would welcome the co-construction of a shared and meaningful job plan and the implementation of a development and training pathway in line with community or clinical interests, and applicants will be supported to develop a research or community engagement project as part of their role.

The postholder will also be encouraged to form links with the other psychological therapists in The Bay and across the trust, with Best Practice and Special Interest Groups, as well as form part of a supportive psychology network in the Lancaster & Morecambe area.

We are particularly interested in help developing a local formal and informal support system for our mental health staff.

As well as having a clinical caseload, there will also be opportunities to develop and consolidate clinical skills, through indirect work, consultation, delivering training, and service development/audit activities.

To provide specialist psychological assessment and therapeutic interventions based on evidence based therapeutic models to clients and their families/carers, working as part of the Adult Community Mental Health Service.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

18 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-BAY513-EB

Job locations

East Barn, Victoria House

Morcambe

LA4 5QG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Either - Doctoral level or equivalent training in clinical/counselling 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.
Or - Core professional qualification and significant experience together with a postgraduate diploma in CBT

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised therapeutic intervention
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health; knowledge of safeguarding procedures
Skills in the use of specialist methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
Demonstrable ability to apply skills and knowledge to work within Adult Mental Health Services

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Either - Doctoral level or equivalent training in clinical/counselling 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.
Or - Core professional qualification and significant experience together with a postgraduate diploma in CBT

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised therapeutic intervention
Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health; knowledge of safeguarding procedures
Skills in the use of specialist methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse
Demonstrable ability to apply skills and knowledge to work within Adult Mental Health Services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

East Barn, Victoria House

Morcambe

LA4 5QG

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

East Barn, Victoria House

Morcambe

LA4 5QG

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)