Inpatient 8a Senior Clinical Psychology position or band 7 to 8a preceptorship position available for older adult inpatient wards at the Harbour hospital in Blackpool .
We require a motivated and dynamic qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our team of Clinical Psychologists offering input to older adult mental health inpatient facilities at the Harbour inpatient psychiatric unit at Blackpool. This unit opened in Spring 2015 and is a purpose built state of the art facility equipped to the highest standards.
The post holder would have considerable autonomy to shape and develop their role providing direct clinical input, supervision, consultation, teaching and clinical leadership to their multidisciplinary teams. This would include input into to two older adult wards at the Harbour. This would be supported by the locality professional lead for acute services who is co-located on site. The post holder will be joining a friendly team of Clinical Psychologists at the Harbour inclusive of consultants, principal grades and assistant psychologists. There would be plenty of opportunities for peer support and contact with psychology colleagues. If recruited as a preceptor a structured program of development would be offered to take the post holder from band 7 to 8a that would be supported by senior colleagues at the Harbour and the community older adult professional lead.
We are committed to providing the best development opportunities for our staff and the post holder would have options to access continuing professional development and training. There are also opportunities for research within this dynamic and forward thinking service. The organisation also has very good links with the Lancaster University based Clinical Psychology Doctorate Course.
LCFT is an organisation that recognises and values the contribution of clinical psychology in the provision of high quality services as evidenced by the expansion of the profession within adult mental health services. Psychology provision within inpatient services is established, well regarded and highly valued.
The Fylde coast area that the job is situated is itself is dynamic and stimulating place to be. The locality has good transport links being situated adjacent to the M55 with quick access to the M6. The area also enjoys very reasonable housing costs.
Please note that remote working could not be supported for this inpatient role.
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 re-quest and discuss these options at interview.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Apr 2025