A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.
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. Of those teams and services, psychology provide 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.
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.
For more information or an informal discussion please contact either:
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
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.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Oct 2025