An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist with experience and enthusiasm in working with older people, to join the friendly and supportive Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for Preston, Chorley and South Ribble. You will have an interesting and varied role from running therapeutic groups to formulating complex case presentations.
The role involves: holding psychology consultation sessions with staff, direct clinical work, running formulation sessions, chairing complex case meetings, conducting staff training, group work, supporting staff well-being and supervising psychology and non-psychology colleagues when required. There will be an expectation that the post holder will also offer placements for trainee clinical psychologists.
The successful applicant will work closely with the team Principal Clinical Psychologist, the wider multi-disciplinary team, the team manager and clinical lead to continue to develop a high quality, community-orientated service for older people.
The post is professionally attached to the locality older adult psychology team and wider network, both of which offer a friendly and supportive space, with a strong commitment to providing quality services for older people in Lancashire. The postholder will receive regular clinical supervision from the team principal psychologist.
1. To provide a qualified Clinical Psychology Service to patients of the nominated team(s) including the provision of enhanced specialist psychological assessment and therapy, working within the policies, procedures and protocols applicable to the service.
2. To offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to psychology and non-psychology colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. To develop advanced skills in consultancy by implementing formal systems of consultancy within the nominated team(s), as directed and guided by your Locality Professional Lead and his/her deputies.
3. To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area in which the postholder works.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
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Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.
