Psychological Professions
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Preston
- Salary
- £43,742 to £68,525 per annum, pro rata
- Closing date
- 31 Oct 2024
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- Profession
- Mental health, Psychologist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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Psychological Professions within Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft)
Thank you for your interest in joining the Psychological Professions workforce within LSCft.
Our psychological professions work into a range of different mental health, physical health and learning disability services across the lifespan within the trust.
We are involved in a range of important activities which align with the aims of the trust to improve health, deliver the best possible care and value for money and have joy and pride in the work that we do. They include one to one and group psychological therapy utilising a range of modalities, psychological assessments, staff team reflective practice, teaching and sharing psychological knowledge and expertise, service development and striving for excellence and quality improvement, research opportunities and embedding psychological theory and practice across the trust. Supervision is an essential aspect of all of the psychological professional roles to ensure safe and high quality practice.
LSCft has a clear professional leadership structure for psychological professions. LSCft is organised in to five networks (Pennine, Central and West, Fylde Coast, The Bay and Specialist Network). Each of the networks has an Associate Director for Psychological Professions who reports directly to our Director for Psychological Professions and our Director for Psychological Professions reports directly to the Chief Nursing Officer.
Main duties of the job
We encourage psychological professionals to continue to develop throughout their careers, offering internal training opportunities and supporting the pursuit of agreed external training. We have an emerging programme of leadership development that our psychological professionals can access along with support to facilitate project work which may link to wider psychological strategy within the trust's footprint. We also encourage our staff to consider how items on your appraisal may link to local, regional and national priorities to allow you to feel part of the wider psychological professional workforce.
Within the trust we have a Psychological Practice Governance Group (PPGG). The PPGG is responsible for monitoring, advising and reviewing all psychological practice and therapies on the Trust register. They make updates to reflect changes in National and Local policy. The PPGG provide oversight on psychological issues relevant to service, clinical audit, service redesign and workforce planning. We also have a Psychological Professional Leadership Forum, and planning work has commenced to develop a regular CPD programme. We also have a number of Special Interest Groups.
We currently have two peer forums our Newly Qualified Psychologist Group and our Pre-Qualified Psychology Group.
The trust has a comprehensive staff well-being support offer and we also have an established Schwartz round programme open to all staff.
About us
We really look forward to receiving your application to join our psychological professions workforce within LSCft and we thank you for your interest.
Please do not apply on this landing page, instead click the below links to apply.
We currently have the following Psychology vacancies across the Trust:
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer a �7k Welcome Bonus Incentive to some of our Psychology posts. If a post is eligible for the incentive, it will clearly state on the advert so be sure to look out for this!
The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed or who have not been employed by the Trust in the last 12 months. If you are currently employed by an NHS provider in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like for like role you would not be eligible for Welcome Bonus. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible if they have not held a substantive post in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditional being met).
The incentive is subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment.
The Welcome Bonus is applicable from 1st July - 30th September 2024.
The �7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff. The amount a new starter would recieve is shown in the payment schedule below:
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 the Recruitment Team via recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Various posts across our footprint
Preston
PR5 6AW
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
351-Psychology-LG
Thank you for your interest in joining the Psychological Professions workforce within LSCft.
Our psychological professions work into a range of different mental health, physical health and learning disability services across the lifespan within the trust.
We are involved in a range of important activities which align with the aims of the trust to improve health, deliver the best possible care and value for money and have joy and pride in the work that we do. They include one to one and group psychological therapy utilising a range of modalities, psychological assessments, staff team reflective practice, teaching and sharing psychological knowledge and expertise, service development and striving for excellence and quality improvement, research opportunities and embedding psychological theory and practice across the trust. Supervision is an essential aspect of all of the psychological professional roles to ensure safe and high quality practice.
LSCft has a clear professional leadership structure for psychological professions. LSCft is organised in to five networks (Pennine, Central and West, Fylde Coast, The Bay and Specialist Network). Each of the networks has an Associate Director for Psychological Professions who reports directly to our Director for Psychological Professions and our Director for Psychological Professions reports directly to the Chief Nursing Officer.
Main duties of the job
We encourage psychological professionals to continue to develop throughout their careers, offering internal training opportunities and supporting the pursuit of agreed external training. We have an emerging programme of leadership development that our psychological professionals can access along with support to facilitate project work which may link to wider psychological strategy within the trust's footprint. We also encourage our staff to consider how items on your appraisal may link to local, regional and national priorities to allow you to feel part of the wider psychological professional workforce.
Within the trust we have a Psychological Practice Governance Group (PPGG). The PPGG is responsible for monitoring, advising and reviewing all psychological practice and therapies on the Trust register. They make updates to reflect changes in National and Local policy. The PPGG provide oversight on psychological issues relevant to service, clinical audit, service redesign and workforce planning. We also have a Psychological Professional Leadership Forum, and planning work has commenced to develop a regular CPD programme. We also have a number of Special Interest Groups.
We currently have two peer forums our Newly Qualified Psychologist Group and our Pre-Qualified Psychology Group.
The trust has a comprehensive staff well-being support offer and we also have an established Schwartz round programme open to all staff.
About us
We really look forward to receiving your application to join our psychological professions workforce within LSCft and we thank you for your interest.
Please do not apply on this landing page, instead click the below links to apply.
We currently have the following Psychology vacancies across the Trust:
- Clinical Psychologist Principal, Band 7/8a, Blackpool Fylde & Wyre (351-FYL494-CLK-E
- Clinical, Counselling or Health Psychologist, Band 8a, Preston (351-CEN960-LW-D)
- Principal Clinical Psychologist, Band 8b, Central Lancashire Home Based Treatment Team (351-CEN1038-LG-A)
- Principal Clinical Psychologist, Band 8b, Children and Young People's Psychological Service (CYPPS), Blackpool (351-SPS1177-LG-A)
- Clinical Psychologist Preceptorship, Band 7/8a Adult Rapid Intervention and Treatment team East Lancashire (351-PEN813-LW)
Job description
Job responsibilities
We offer a �7k Welcome Bonus Incentive to some of our Psychology posts. If a post is eligible for the incentive, it will clearly state on the advert so be sure to look out for this!
The bonus is only available for people who are not currently employed or who have not been employed by the Trust in the last 12 months. If you are currently employed by an NHS provider in the Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in a like for like role you would not be eligible for Welcome Bonus. Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible if they have not held a substantive post in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditional being met).
The incentive is subject to recovery clauses within the first 6 months of employment.
The Welcome Bonus is applicable from 1st July - 30th September 2024.
The �7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff. The amount a new starter would recieve is shown in the payment schedule below:
- �3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)
- �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 the Recruitment Team via recruitment@lscft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see Job Description
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Various posts across our footprint
Preston
PR5 6AW
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
351-Psychology-LG
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