Overview
Job summary: We are excited to announce a fantastic opportunity has arisen for an 8c Consultant Clinical Psychologist to be the Lead for Psychology in the Forensic Community Service (FCS) based at Guild Park. FCS consists of a range of teams and services, including input into the Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCMHT), the Forensic Outreach Service (FOS), the Forensic Autism Service (FAS), the Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) service, and the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway.
Responsibilities
An experienced candidate is required to provide psychological leadership and clinical supervision into the FCS, and to work closely with their counterpart in the inpatient service at Guild Lodge to ensure continuity in the application of psychological input across the transition. The successful applicant will work alongside well-established teams with a high standard of psychological service.
Contacts
For more information or an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Tanya Petersen, Consultant Clinical Psychologist – Tanya.Petersen@lscft.nhs.uk
Dr Rebecca Brockhouse, Associate Network Director for Psychological Professions, Specialist Network – Rebecca.Brockhouse@lscft.nhs.uk
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises 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. The Trust encourages flexible working and supports a positive work/life balance for NHS employees, including options such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. Applicants are encouraged to indicate such requests on their application and discuss at interview. For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Details
Date posted: 11 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8c
Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 351-SPS1449-MF
Job locations: Guild Lodge, Preston, PR3 2JH
Job description and requirements
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Qualifications
* Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or the equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, specifically including models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology.
* HCPC registered as a practitioner psychologist (clinical).
* Eligibility for consultant clinical psychologist appointment approval from external BPS assessor.
* Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the BPS.
Experience
* Substantial post-qualification experience including experience within the designated specialty/type of service.
* Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups across the whole life course, in various settings including outpatient, community, primary care, inpatient and residential care settings; maintaining professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threats of physical abuse.
* Experience of exercising full clinical responsibilities for clients’ psychological care and treatment, both as a care-coordinator and within a multi-disciplinary care plan.
* Experience of providing a range of complex psychological assessment and interventions using information from a variety of sources requiring highly developed analytic and interpretative skills.
Knowledge and Skills
* Doctoral level knowledge of clinical psychology, including lifespan developmental psychology, models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, and two or more distinct psychological therapies.
* Skills in complex psychological assessment, intervention and management requiring sustained and intense concentration.
* Strong communication skills to convey complex, highly technical and clinically sensitive information to clients, families, carers and a wide range of lay and professional persons within and outside the NHS.
Disclosures
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such a submission for Disclosure will be made to the DBS to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Guild Lodge, Preston, PR3 2JH
Employer's website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/
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