About this role
Job summary
Fylde Older Adult Complex Case Consultation Lead - Principal Clinical Psychologist
22.50 hours per week Based at Lytham Hospital, Warton Street, Lytham, FY8 5EE
Are you an experienced clinical psychologist with a passion for working with older adults, families & wider services?
Do you enjoy a varied role incorporating direct work, indirect work, consultation, supervision, teaching and training?
Would you like to work alongside colleagues and teams dedicated to providing the best possible service for our older adult clients and families? If so, this job could be for you.
We are seeking a clinical psychologist with experience and enthusiasm in working with older people, to join the friendly and supportive community Rapid Intervention and Treatment Team (RITT) on the Fylde Coast. The specific role, Complex Case Consultation Framework lead, involves chairing multi-agency case consultation meetings as part of the Fylde Coast Older Adult Psychology Offer.
RITT provide a variety of approaches to support older people with complex mental health issues, with the aim of reducing the need for hospital admission where possible. A specialist care home liaison service is also provided to nursing and care homes. The role includes direct clinical work as well as providing advice and consultation and there will be opportunities for service development, supervision of staff and facilitating training.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be working alongside the Band 8a psychologist, and assistant psychologist within the RITT team. As above, the complex case consultation role also involves leading on the consultation model across the Fylde Coast, supporting/supervising colleagues, and contributing to governance and service development.
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 and South Cumbria. We also have close links with the local Doctorate in Clinical Psychology training courses.
This is a community-based post and, as such, the ability to travel across the Fylde Coast including rural areas and those difficult to access via public transport will be required.
Informal discussions and visits are encouraged. For enquiries about the job, please contact us using the details provided.
About us
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 services), 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.
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Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge Essential
Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology Knowledge of legislation, and its implications in relation to the client group and mental health
Experience Essential
Experience of working with a wide variety of client presentations that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse Experience of teaching, training and supervising Demonstrable experience of conducting complex audit/research and service evaluation
Qualifications Essential
Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS. Significant experience of working within Older Adult Psychology or similar
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address Lytham Hospital
Lytham St Annes
FY8 5EE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)