Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychology AP

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Pennine Memory Assessment Service. We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and compassionate assistant psychologist with a genuine interest in older adult mental health and working with people with dementia. The team specialises in completing comprehensive assessments with people who have difficulties with their memory.

Main duties of the job

The Assistant Psychologist will work closely with the Clinical Neuropsychologist and as part of the wider multidisciplinary team. The post holder will support the completion of cognitive and specialist neuropsychological assessment as appropriate, to help timely assessment and diagnosis of dementia. The role will involve participating in MDT discussions, maintaining waiting lists and completion of audits.

The position is open to applicants who have an undergraduate psychology degree. We require someone who is organised, can work autonomously and has excellent people skills.

Closing date - after 1 week or when 75 applications limit is reached.

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.

Date posted

26 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-PEN970-CPC

Job locations

East Lancashire Memory Assessment Service

Gannow Lane Resource Centre

Burnley

BB12 6QH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Knowledge

Essential

A good knowledge of lifespan psychology applied to health care
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological/mental health difficulties or other disabilities

Experience

Essential

Contact with people with mental health difficulties and/or other disabilities

Skills

Essential

Ability to undertake psychologically informed research projects under supervision
Good communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work across a number of different settings
Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology
Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society

Knowledge

Essential

A good knowledge of lifespan psychology applied to health care
An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with psychological/mental health difficulties or other disabilities

Experience

Essential

Contact with people with mental health difficulties and/or other disabilities

Skills

Essential

Ability to undertake psychologically informed research projects under supervision
Good communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work across a number of different settings
Experience using computers for databases or data-analysis

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

East Lancashire Memory Assessment Service

Gannow Lane Resource Centre

Burnley

BB12 6QH

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 Lancashire Memory Assessment Service

Gannow Lane Resource Centre

Burnley

BB12 6QH

Employer's website

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