Senior Clinical Psychologist
Posted 4 hours 14 minutes ago by NHS
£55,690 - £62,682 Annual
Permanent
Full Time
Healthcare & Medical Jobs
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Job Description
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Psychologist The closing date is 09 February 2026
If you have a passion for delivering high quality Clinical Psychology provision into mental health services, this could be the post you are looking for.
We are seeking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist with an ability to deliver high quality psychological services to clients of the Pain Management Service. As part of a newly developing team of psychologists, you would be supported to develop new and innovative interventions at an individual and group clinical level, and at a teams level. A knowledge or awareness of appropriate psychological models for formulation based interventions appropriate for clients with complex pain states and mental health presentations is required. You will be supported and led by an 8b Clinical Psychologist Lead for the provision of psychology services in the Pain Management Service.
Main duties of the job To contribute to the strategic planning of psychological services with the aim of maintaining high levels of psychosocial care for patients who experience persistent pain conditions, taking a lead and working with and supporting psychology colleagues and the MDT.
To work across organisational boundaries in order to lead and ensure the delivery of a coordinated psychological service for patients who experience complex health needs in relation to their conditions.
To provide expertise in the application of psychological theories, models and approaches to the service.
To contribute to in-service training and supervision of multidisciplinary staff in relation to psychological issues.
To carry a caseload of patients, providing expert specialist advice, psychological treatment and consultancy to patients within the service and integrated within the multidisciplinary team.
To work, with the direction of the Head of the Psychology Directorate, as an autonomous professional ensuring that the guidelines and the overall framework of policies and procedures within the Psychology Directorate, the PMS and the Trust are adhered to.
To be individually responsible for clinical decisions reached and take full responsibility for working with complex presentations utilising specialist knowledge in psychological approaches to the management of persistent pain conditions.
About us Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust already employs a number of experienced clinical psychologists working in other services such as the specialist physical health services covering cardiac, cancer, haematology, chronic pain, cystic fibrosis and critical care, adult mental health, the acquired brain injury service and CAMHS. Networking and attendance at joint training events is encouraged and there are good links already established between these teams.
We employ more than 6,500 staff, and if you have the right skills and values we would love you to be one of them.
Informal enquiries about the post are welcome; the psychology team would also be happy to arrange a visit if you like to find out more about us.
Job responsibilities Clinical
Working within a specialised clinical area, as directed by the Head of the Psychology Directorate, and led by the Lead clinician - to respond appropriately to referrals, carrying individual accountability for clinical decisions and taking responsibility for working with complex psychological and physical presentations.
To jointly plan, deliver and evaluate specialised formulation-driven treatment plans in a team-based approach in conjunction with other multidisciplinary team members, providing expertise and advice to facilitate effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all team members.
To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the service, based on appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources (including psychometric measures, rating scales, neuropsychological tests, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patients care). To provide feedback on the outcome of the assessment to patient/carers. This can involve providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information with the need to use a high level of interpersonal and effective communication skills in a sometimes hostile and highly emotive atmosphere, requiring frequent intense concentration. To summarise for multidisciplinary colleagues the outcomes of assessments, formulation and treatment. To work to engage patients in decision-making and in the assessment, formulation and intervention process, as appropriate.
To formulate and implement plans for psychological therapy and / or management of a patients needs, based upon an appropriate therapeutic framework pertinent to the patients presenting issues and employing methods based on evidence of efficacy across the full range of care settings. Negotiating the implementation of such plans and the sharing of complex and sensitive information.
To be responsible for developing and implementing a range of specialist psychological interventions for, carers and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining multiple (sometimes conflicting) provisional hypotheses.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To contribute directly to multidisciplinary formulations and intervention plans. To support psychological ways of working across the specialist service and the Directorate of Psychology.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultations to increase understanding of psychological approaches by other professionals. This requires specialist knowledge underpinned by appropriate clinical and psychological theories and models.
To exercise responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and intervention, communicating with relevant colleagues and others involved with the care of the patient as necessary.
To make skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes, that have shaped the individual and their significant others. To deliver specialist psychological interventions on an individual basis.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
To act as main care provider, where appropriate, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the patients needs, co-ordinating with the work of others involved with their care.
TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision, keeping an appropriate record in line with Directorate procedures and Trust policy.
To provide specialist advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to colleagues as appropriate for the provision of psychologically based interventions. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the patient group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
To disseminate knowledge and skills on the management of, and good practice with, patients with complex health presentations by offering teaching, consultation and shared learning with members of the MDT, with other Trust staff, and with colleagues from the family of psychology roles as required. To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical psychology trainees, as appropriate.
To contribute to the supervision of assistant psychologists and volunteers on placement if appropriate.
To provide specialist clinical placements for doctoral level clinical psychology trainees from the regional training courses, as appropriate, and to provide clinical supervision to clinical psychology trainees.
To undertake regular line management and clinical supervision.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
To jointly plan and implement systems for the evaluation and monitoring of the service, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring use of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
Research includes auditing the service and may involve quantitative and qualitative methods, making decisions on appropriate use of psychometrics, clinical outcomes, assessments and reflective scientist-practitioner skills.
Provide descriptive and evaluative data on services provided, including collection of relevant statistical data.
To provide research advice to other staff undertaking research within the service and if, appropriate, supervision of trainees research and development, and of other professionals.
To utilise theory and evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work, group work, and work with other team members, and across the service.
MANAGEMENT, RECRUITMENT, POLICY & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
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Senior Clinical Psychologist The closing date is 09 February 2026
If you have a passion for delivering high quality Clinical Psychology provision into mental health services, this could be the post you are looking for.
We are seeking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist with an ability to deliver high quality psychological services to clients of the Pain Management Service. As part of a newly developing team of psychologists, you would be supported to develop new and innovative interventions at an individual and group clinical level, and at a teams level. A knowledge or awareness of appropriate psychological models for formulation based interventions appropriate for clients with complex pain states and mental health presentations is required. You will be supported and led by an 8b Clinical Psychologist Lead for the provision of psychology services in the Pain Management Service.
Main duties of the job To contribute to the strategic planning of psychological services with the aim of maintaining high levels of psychosocial care for patients who experience persistent pain conditions, taking a lead and working with and supporting psychology colleagues and the MDT.
To work across organisational boundaries in order to lead and ensure the delivery of a coordinated psychological service for patients who experience complex health needs in relation to their conditions.
To provide expertise in the application of psychological theories, models and approaches to the service.
To contribute to in-service training and supervision of multidisciplinary staff in relation to psychological issues.
To carry a caseload of patients, providing expert specialist advice, psychological treatment and consultancy to patients within the service and integrated within the multidisciplinary team.
To work, with the direction of the Head of the Psychology Directorate, as an autonomous professional ensuring that the guidelines and the overall framework of policies and procedures within the Psychology Directorate, the PMS and the Trust are adhered to.
To be individually responsible for clinical decisions reached and take full responsibility for working with complex presentations utilising specialist knowledge in psychological approaches to the management of persistent pain conditions.
About us Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust already employs a number of experienced clinical psychologists working in other services such as the specialist physical health services covering cardiac, cancer, haematology, chronic pain, cystic fibrosis and critical care, adult mental health, the acquired brain injury service and CAMHS. Networking and attendance at joint training events is encouraged and there are good links already established between these teams.
We employ more than 6,500 staff, and if you have the right skills and values we would love you to be one of them.
Informal enquiries about the post are welcome; the psychology team would also be happy to arrange a visit if you like to find out more about us.
Job responsibilities Clinical
Working within a specialised clinical area, as directed by the Head of the Psychology Directorate, and led by the Lead clinician - to respond appropriately to referrals, carrying individual accountability for clinical decisions and taking responsibility for working with complex psychological and physical presentations.
To jointly plan, deliver and evaluate specialised formulation-driven treatment plans in a team-based approach in conjunction with other multidisciplinary team members, providing expertise and advice to facilitate effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all team members.
To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the service, based on appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources (including psychometric measures, rating scales, neuropsychological tests, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patients care). To provide feedback on the outcome of the assessment to patient/carers. This can involve providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information with the need to use a high level of interpersonal and effective communication skills in a sometimes hostile and highly emotive atmosphere, requiring frequent intense concentration. To summarise for multidisciplinary colleagues the outcomes of assessments, formulation and treatment. To work to engage patients in decision-making and in the assessment, formulation and intervention process, as appropriate.
To formulate and implement plans for psychological therapy and / or management of a patients needs, based upon an appropriate therapeutic framework pertinent to the patients presenting issues and employing methods based on evidence of efficacy across the full range of care settings. Negotiating the implementation of such plans and the sharing of complex and sensitive information.
To be responsible for developing and implementing a range of specialist psychological interventions for, carers and groups, adjusting and refining psychological formulations, drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining multiple (sometimes conflicting) provisional hypotheses.
To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all patients of the service across all settings and agencies serving the client group. To contribute directly to multidisciplinary formulations and intervention plans. To support psychological ways of working across the specialist service and the Directorate of Psychology.
To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultations to increase understanding of psychological approaches by other professionals. This requires specialist knowledge underpinned by appropriate clinical and psychological theories and models.
To exercise responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment and discharge of ensuring appropriate assessment, formulation and intervention, communicating with relevant colleagues and others involved with the care of the patient as necessary.
To make skilled evaluations and decisions about treatment options, taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes, that have shaped the individual and their significant others. To deliver specialist psychological interventions on an individual basis.
To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and to provide advice to other professions on psychological aspects of risk assessment and risk management.
To act as main care provider, where appropriate, ensuring the provision of a care package appropriate for the patients needs, co-ordinating with the work of others involved with their care.
TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision, keeping an appropriate record in line with Directorate procedures and Trust policy.
To provide specialist advice, consultation, training and clinical supervision to colleagues as appropriate for the provision of psychologically based interventions. To provide advice, consultation and training to staff working with the patient group across a range of agencies and settings, where appropriate.
To disseminate knowledge and skills on the management of, and good practice with, patients with complex health presentations by offering teaching, consultation and shared learning with members of the MDT, with other Trust staff, and with colleagues from the family of psychology roles as required. To contribute to the pre- and post-qualification teaching of clinical psychology trainees, as appropriate.
To contribute to the supervision of assistant psychologists and volunteers on placement if appropriate.
To provide specialist clinical placements for doctoral level clinical psychology trainees from the regional training courses, as appropriate, and to provide clinical supervision to clinical psychology trainees.
To undertake regular line management and clinical supervision.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
To jointly plan and implement systems for the evaluation and monitoring of the service, through the deployment of professional skills in research, service evaluation and audit and ensuring use of psychological frameworks for understanding and provision of high quality care.
Research includes auditing the service and may involve quantitative and qualitative methods, making decisions on appropriate use of psychometrics, clinical outcomes, assessments and reflective scientist-practitioner skills.
Provide descriptive and evaluative data on services provided, including collection of relevant statistical data.
To provide research advice to other staff undertaking research within the service and if, appropriate, supervision of trainees research and development, and of other professionals.
To utilise theory and evidence-based literature and research to support evidence-based practice in individual work, group work, and work with other team members, and across the service.
MANAGEMENT, RECRUITMENT, POLICY & SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
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