Principal Clinical Psychologist - Older Adults

Base/Location: Brookside Retirement Village, Ormskirk, Lancashire
Position: Clinical Psychologist
Hours: Up to 26.25 hrs - Band 8b

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Psychologist with experience and enthusiasm to work with our friendly, supportive, and psychologically minded Older Persons Integrated Mental Health Team in West Lancashire. The postholder will provide the team with highly specialist consultation sessions alongside delivering direct therapeutic interventions to our West Lancashire Older Adult service users.

The postholder will also be integral in providing guidance and direction to the team and other agencies who are working with highly complex older adult service users and will be expected to:

• Lead and chair complex case meetings
• Conduct psychological case formulation forums (CCCF’s)
• Attend professional meetings as required

The postholder will provide clinical leadership to the team and work closely with the Older Adult Principal Clinical Psychologist within the Central Lancashire locality to ensure high-quality psychological services are provided and delivered across both West and Central Lancashire.

We are looking for someone committed to multi-disciplinary team working who can provide professional and clinical leadership to our psychology and non-psychology colleagues. The role will also involve:

• Taking trainees on placement
• Supervising non-psychology colleagues
• Teaching and training
• Conducting reflective practice sessions
• Supporting psychological well-being within the team

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 has invested in ongoing training and development opportunities including funding for recent further therapy training and leadership courses. The postholder would receive regular clinical and professional supervision from the 8C Older Adult Locality Lead Clinical Psychologist. There is also an Older Adult 8b peer supervision group that the postholder would be expected to attend.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that the postholder has significant experience of working with the Older Adult population. Although not essential, it is also desirable that the postholder has additional qualifications/skills or be willing to complete training in specific psychological interventions, such as:

• EMDR
• Compassion-focused therapy
• ACT
• Trauma-focused work

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provisions comprise inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health, and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria, and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, believing 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
• Flexi-time
• Career breaks

We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.