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Band 8b Clinical Psychology Role available offering clinical input and leadership across the Fylde Coast Access & Urgent Care (AUC) pathway in the Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) & Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT). We require a motivated, dynamic and experienced qualified Clinical Psychologist to join our Access and Urgent Care Pathway working into both the Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) and the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT). You will be joining teams where psychology is well-established and held in high regard. You will be working alongside a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Clinical Psychologist in addition to Trainee Clinical Psychologists. The HBTT and MHLT have highly skilled and experienced multi-disciplinary team members and function effectively in collaboration with psychology. The successful applicant will be encouraged to contribute their expertise to improve and develop psychology provision within the teams. The role will provide opportunities to work with a broad range of clinical presentations across the age-span in direct and indirect/systemic clinical work alongside consultation, teaching, training, research, audit and clinical leadership. There are ample opportunities for brief clinical work within both teams however longer term clinical work can also be included within the role, and accessed via local community mental health teams, should this be of interest to the successful applicant. As a principal psychologist, there will be opportunities for the post holder to deputise for the psychology lead alongside the other 8b in Network. The post-holder will also be part of a wider and supportive team of psychological professionals within the Fylde Coast Network, which includes Older Adult and Inpatient psychology services. We are a well-established, dedicated, friendly and supportive team of clinical/counselling psychologists and psychological therapists who meet together regularly. The successful applicant will also be able to attend the AUC Special Interest Group within the Trust that provides opportunities for support, practice development and sharing learning. The Fylde Coast offers a unique opportunity for the successful applicant to develop therapeutic skills in Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and Compassion Focussed Therapy. Clinical and peer supervision can be provided in each of these modalities.

The Fylde Coast is easily accessible via the M6 and M55 motorways. The nominated base for this is post is negotiable across the Access and Urgent Care Teams.

• The Welcome Bonus is only available to candidates who are not currently employed (or who have not been employed in the last 12 months) by any NHS provider Trust in the Lancashire & South Cumbria (LSC) Integrated Care System (ICS) in a like-for-like role or core profession. For example, a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse at another Trust in the LSC ICS would not be eligible for the bonus if moving to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist / Social Worker / Mental Health Nurse role at LSCft or in a role such as Mental Health Practitioner Role that requires the same profession.
These trusts are:
• University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust
• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bank only workers for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are eligible for the scheme if they have not held a substantive role in Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care System in the last 12 months (subject to all other terms and conditions being met). These incentives are subject to recovery clauses. This bonus is applicable from 1st July 2024 - 30th April 2025. The £7k Welcome Bonus package is designed to attract and retain the very best staff in post. The amount a new starter would receive is shown in the Welcome Bonus Payment Schedule below:
• £3,000 after 2 months of employment (counted from start date with LSCFT)
• £2,000 after 12 months
• £2,000 after 24 months
PLEASE NOTE: Individuals obtaining assistance through the Welcome Bonus scheme are required to sign an agreement which includes the following:
• return all of monies paid, if they do not start on the agreed date detailed within their unconditional offer
• to return all monies paid if they voluntarily leave the employment of the Trust within 6 months of commencement
• to return all monies paid if they move within the Trust from one role to another role which does not attract the welcome bonus within 6 months of commencement
• if they move to a new role that does not attract the welcome bonus after 6 months then future payments will cease