Main area Clinical Psychologist – Clinical Health Psychology Service (Pan CHPs) Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 438-PB4749
Employer Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Preston Hospital Town Preston Salary £49,387 – £56,515 Per Annum, Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59
Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist
Band 7
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work within and be part of a growing psychology service, which is based at Royal Preston Hospital. As a Band 7 psychological practitioner within our Clinical Health Psychology Service, you will have a vital role in helping patients to recover after hospital admissions and adapt to life altering physical health conditions , injuries or changes . You will offer specialist psychological assessments, formulations and evidence-based interventions to patients across the range of clinical pathways we deliver . You will also offer consultation to the MDTs y ou will be working with and staff training across the health community . There will be opportunity to develop understanding of the operational running of an outpatient psychology service as you rotate across each of the pathways of care we provide. There will also be opportunity to shape the patient pathways and experiences of care by contribut ing to the running and development of the Clinical Health Psychology Service in consultation and collaboration with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of Service , clinical colleagues and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit. We have a strong patient experience and governance agenda , and you will have opportunit ies to contribute to th is with our leadership team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ideally have experience of working within a p hysical health setting and of working with individuals living with long term conditions, persistent pain or neurological conditions. They will also have experience of working within MDT settings and be motivated to learn and capable of build ing adaptive and collaborative new relationships with a range of other professionals .
There will be an expectation to undertake extended roles and responsibilities within the Clinical Health Psychology Service and to work flexibly across the services overall (including inpatient and outpatient work) as required and directed by the Consultant Psychologist and/or Head of Service.
You wo u ld be required to contribut e to the running and development of the Service pathway s in consultation and collaboration with the Consultant Clinical P sychologists , Head of Service, clinical colleagues, and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit.
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties to include but not be limited to:
- To provide a specialist adult psychology service across the full range of physical health psychology pathways within the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust .
To rotate pathways and provide care where greatest need is according to our bi-annual capacity and demand calculations.
To deliver highly specialist psychological assessment, intervention, advice and consultation for patients, other health professionals and carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and frameworks governing each clinical area.
To deliver this work across both inpatient and outpatient pathways, and any other setting in which the service is appropriately provided.
To contribute to the provision of integrated multidisciplinary care (joint appointments and MDT assessment clinics) across the inpatient and outpatient pathways for patients referred to us by our MDT colleagues.
To train and support MDT colleagues (and other health professionals) in psychologically informed care (education, consultation and clinical supervision)
To form positive relationships and work in collaboration with the clinical health psychology team, MDT colleagues and key stakeholders.
To actively engage in own professional, leadership and operational development, including reflective practice.
To routinely undertake research, audit and service evaluation projects including reports of clinical activity and effectiveness.
To contribute to the ongoing development of the care pathways and team .
To contribute to the patient experience and governance tasks we set as we transform care.
To work flexibly across CHPs pathways as required and directed by the Head of Service.
For more information please see the job description.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
- Undergraduate BSc degree in psychology which has BPS GBR/GBC status
- Doctoral level training and qualification in clinical psychology or counselling psychology, as accredited by the BPS and HCPC or Postgraduate Diploma in CBT (High Intensity CBT Practitioner training) as accredited by BABCP.
- Proficiency in using two or more distinct psychological therapies.
- Extensive knowledge of developmental psychology, health psychology and neuropsychology
- Proficiency in administering, scoring and interpreting clinical psychometrics
- Strong commitment to CPD
- Registered with the Health and Professions Council and/or Registered with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.
- Post qualification training in clinical supervision
- Qualifications in research methodology
- Qualifications in staff training or education
- Qualifications in health psychology
- Completed training in EMDR, CFT and/or ACT
Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge of current psychological theory and practice as applied to physical health conditions.
- Experience of specialist psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
- Experience of working in physical health settings
- Experience of psychological assessment and intervention with people who have acute and/or long term physical health problems.
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams and of creating positive changes in practice within MDTs.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
- Experience of working with complex risk
- Experience of supporting patients who may have encountered barriers in access to care (e.g. people with learning disabilities, neurodegenerative conditions or protected characteristics)
- Experience of working in mental health settings
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to other health care professionals / psychological practitioners
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience of service evaluation
- Knowledge of operational KPIs
- Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies with individuals with physical health problems, and neuropsychology interventions for individuals with neurological and non-organic neurological conditions.
- Knowledge of legislation in relation to the client group and mental health.
- Experience of transformation / continuous improvement projects aimed at improving patient care
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Name Dr Lorna Garner Job title Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address lorna.garner@lthtr.nhs.uk Telephone number 01772 523252
Additional information: Candidates are also welcome to contact Dr Amy Ashton for more information about our Team and the post.
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