Senior Clinical Psychologist
Location
Accrington, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/14/2026
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Description
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, innovative and enthusiastic clinical psychologist or a newly qualified clinical psychologist who has accredited training to a post graduate level or equivalent, currently registered with HCPC, to work within a busy and well respected Community Learning Disability Service.
Whilst this position is advertised at an 8A banding, we are also willing to consider a band 7 newly qualified or those with less than 2 years qualified experience. We understand this is a fixed term contract however there may be an opportunity to extend further. Hence we would encourage you to contact us to discuss this further if you are interested and/or apply. We are also committed to promoting CPD opportunities and exploring training related to specific psychological therapies.
The post holder will provide a Clinical Psychology Service to adults with Learning Disabilities within Pennine Lancashire. This will include the provision of enhanced specialist psychological assessment and therapy, working within the policies, procedures and protocols applicable to the service.
The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to psychology and non-psychology colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. They will develop advanced skills in consultancy by implementing formal systems of consultancy as directed and guided by the Locality Professional Lead and his/her deputies.
The post holder will also provide direct clinical intervention to adults with Learning disabilities in a variety of settings and provide consultation training and supervision to the wider MDT on the psychological care of adults with a Learning Disability.
This post offers the opportunity to joint work with a range of professionals who work with adults with a Learning Disability to deliver psychological assessment and a range of psychological interventions.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability servic
Whilst this position is advertised at an 8A banding, we are also willing to consider a band 7 newly qualified or those with less than 2 years qualified experience. We understand this is a fixed term contract however there may be an opportunity to extend further. Hence we would encourage you to contact us to discuss this further if you are interested and/or apply. We are also committed to promoting CPD opportunities and exploring training related to specific psychological therapies.
The post holder will provide a Clinical Psychology Service to adults with Learning Disabilities within Pennine Lancashire. This will include the provision of enhanced specialist psychological assessment and therapy, working within the policies, procedures and protocols applicable to the service.
The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on patients’ psychological care to psychology and non-psychology colleagues and to other, non-professional carers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. They will develop advanced skills in consultancy by implementing formal systems of consultancy as directed and guided by the Locality Professional Lead and his/her deputies.
The post holder will also provide direct clinical intervention to adults with Learning disabilities in a variety of settings and provide consultation training and supervision to the wider MDT on the psychological care of adults with a Learning Disability.
This post offers the opportunity to joint work with a range of professionals who work with adults with a Learning Disability to deliver psychological assessment and a range of psychological interventions.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability servic
es), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Jervis Job title: Locality Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: nicola.jervis@lscft.nhs.uk
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Jervis Job title: Locality Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: nicola.jervis@lscft.nhs.uk