An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical psychologist with passion and enthusiasm in working with older people to join the friendly and supportive Older Adult Rapid Intervention and Treatment team (RITT) in Pennine (East) Lancashire. (covering Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley, Rossendale). The RITT team provides a variety of approaches to support older people with complex mental health difficulties, with the aim of reducing the need for hospital admission where possible. A specialist care home liaison service is also provided to nursing and care homes.

The psychologist role within the RITT involves direct and indirect psychological assessment, formulation and intervention, consultation, and training and supervision of psychology and non-psychology colleagues. Additionally this post offers some flexibility to continue to support RITT clients, who have complex care needs, for longer term work within the Pennine Lancs OA Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).

Main duties of the job

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 Trust is also committed to staff development, and have invested in on-going training and development opportunities including funding recent further therapy training and leadership courses.

We expect candidates to bring a real passion for older adult work. Ideally, you will have an interest in working with individuals with significant levels of complexity. You will be supported by the Older Adult Locality lead, and an established Principal Clinical Psychologist and will work alongside operational, clinical and other colleagues to ensure high quality, community-orientated services for older people in the locality.

LSCFT is an organisation that recognises and values the contribution of clinical psychology in the provision of high quality services. We are also committed to providing the best development opportunities for our staff and the post holder would have options to access relevant continuing professional development and training. The organisation has good links with the local Clinical Psychology Doctorate Courses and we encourage trainee placements.

About us

*The �7k Welcome Bonus package applies to this role. The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like-for-like role e.g. a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse role at LSCFT. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment. This bonus is applicable to any successful candidate who applied from 1st July 2024 - 30th September 2024.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The �7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:

Band 7 start �500 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)

Band 8a start �2,500 after 2 months of employment as band 8a �2,000 after 12 months �2,000 after 24 months

PLEASE NOTE: This bonus scheme is subject to a Repayment Clause should the post holder leave this role within 6 months of commencing employment.For more details, please visit our website - Welcome bonus and relocation packages terms and conditions :: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (lscft.nhs.uk)If you have any questions, we would be happy to discuss them please contact recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS

Knowledge

Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in patient settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient 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 exercising full clinical responsibility for patient's psychological care and treatment both as a professionally qualified care co-ordinator and also within the context of multidisciplinary care plan.

Skills

Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in communicating effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Formal training in supervision of other psychologists

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Balladen House

Rawtenstall

BB4 6SL

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