Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist or CBT Therapist
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Role Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work within and be part of a growing psychology service, which is based at Royal Preston Hospital. As a Band 7 psychological practitioner within our Clinical Health Psychology Service, you will have a vital role in helping patients to recover after hospital admissions and adapt to life altering physical health conditions, injuries or changes.
You will offer specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence-based interventions to patients across the range of clinical pathways we deliver. You will also offer consultation to the MDTs you will be working with and staff training across the health community.
There will be opportunity to develop understanding of the operational running of an outpatient psychology service as you rotate across each of the pathways of care we provide. There will also be opportunity to shape the patient pathways and experiences of care by contributing to the running and development of the Clinical Health Psychology Service in consultation and collaboration with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of Service, clinical colleagues, and key stakeholders in the Clinical Business Unit.
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We have a strong patient experience and governance agenda, and you will have opportunities to contribute to this with our leadership team.
Key Responsibilities
- Offer specialist psychological assessments, formulations, and evidence-based interventions to patients across the range of clinical pathways.
- Provide consultation to MDTs and staff training across the health community.
- Contribute to the running and development of the Service pathways in consultation and collaboration with the Consultant Clinical Psychologists, Head of Service, clinical colleagues, and key stakeholders.
- Develop understanding of the operational running of an outpatient psychology service.
- Shape patient pathways and experiences of care by contributing to the running and development of the Clinical Health Psychology Service.
Required Experience
- Experience of working within a physical health setting.
- Experience of working with individuals living with long term conditions, persistent pain, or neurological conditions.
- Experience of working within MDT settings.
- Motivated to learn and capable of building adaptive and collaborative new relationships with a range of other professionals.
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Benefits
- Join a team of 10,000 people working to deliver quality services to our patients.
- Contribute to supporting 370,000 people in our local area and specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
- Access to varied development opportunities and the chance to learn new skills.
- Meet new people and do things you’d never have done.
- Be part of a team that genuinely makes a difference to support our patients and staff.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Lorna Garner
- Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist
- Email address: lorna.garner@lthtr.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01772 523252
Candidates are also welcome to contact Dr Amy Ashton for more information about our Team and the post.
- Email address: amy.ashton@lthtr.nhs.uk
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