Senior Clinical Psychologist

Overview

In this role you will help develop and lead a new community mental health rehabilitation service across Pennine, Central, and Preston localities. You will work within specialist rehabilitation teams to deliver psychological assessment and interventions for people with complex needs, contributing to service development and governance. You will embed psychologically informed practices from the start and support the rollout of a robust, least-restrictive care pathway. This preceptorship opportunity supports progression from Band 7 to Band 8a. You will collaborate across MDTs to drive innovation and improve outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working
• wellbeing resources
• preceptorship/development opportunities
• term time/part-time/flexi-time patterns
• permanent contract
• NHS pension (implied)

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessment and interventions for clients with complex needs
• Lead development and delivery of a highly specialist psychology service across two rehabilitation teams
• Conduct neuropsychological assessments and interpret results for clinical care
• Offer consultation and advice on psychological care to MDT colleagues and carers
• Contribute to training and supervision of other staff within the care group and across trust
• Participate in service development, governance, and professional guidelines compliance
• Work autonomously within professional and service policies
• Support equitable psychological input across multiple patches (Pennine, Central/Preston)
• Engage with hard-to-reach clients to sustain engagement and recovery
• Assist in embedding psychologically informed approaches in clinical practice

Key requirements

• HCPC registration
• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology
• Knowledge of two specialised psychological therapies
• Experience in neuropsychological assessment and reporting
• Experience working therapeutically with complex mental health presentations
• Experience engaging and sustaining work with ambivalent or hard-to-reach clients

• Effective written and oral communication
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams
• Clinical supervision and mentoring capabilities
• Neuropsychological assessment
• Therapy modalities from at least two specialised psychological therapies
• Clinical governance and quality improvement involvement

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