We are excited to offer a 1 year fixed-term vacancies across the Lancaster & Morecambe Community Mental Health (CMHT) an Assistant Psychologist. The post will be based across Lancaster & Morecambe, and the post holder will be an integral and valued team member with the support of Clinical Psychologists and other multidisciplinary colleagues, including Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists and support workers. You will receive weekly clinical supervision from a Clinical Psychologist. These posts have arisen due to the previous post holder being accepted onto clinical training.
The CMHT provides services to people with complex mental health needs. Psychological therapies and psychologically informed care is valued within the teams and network and the team have a belief that psychological care is everybody’s business. The service is also developing a phased model of care, through which we are aiming to offer interventions attuned to service users’ readiness to use psychological approaches. Changes to the nature of Adult Mental Health Services are being made in line with the NHS Long Term plan, resulting in more CMHT investment and opportunity.
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The post holder will gain experience in developing psychological formulations, co-running training, delivering 1:1 and group interventions, and engaging in indirect work within the MDT, with family members, carers and external agencies. This will likely work alongside another AP role to be recruited into the Home Treatment Team. It is hoped that the two roles can support each other and work together to help develop access to, and understanding of, psychology within the Adult Mental Health and Urgent Care pathways.
An interest in working with individuals with a range of presentations across the lifespan will be essential, and this post aims to foster skills in working within a multidisciplinary framework. The post will also sit as part of a team of psychological practitioners working within The Bay area, and the successful applicant will be welcomed as part of a service which will encourage the development of specific interests and will value further career development. Locality redesign means that there may be opportunities for the post holder to develop innovative connections with the wider community.
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 attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
