Contact Details

Applicants are very welcome to contact Tanya Hibbert, Executive Director of Mental Health at tanya.hibbert@nhs.net, and/or Dr Jon Crossley, Associate Director of Psychological Professions at jon.crossley@nhs.net, for an initial discussion or for more information.

Job Description Summary (Main Duties And Responsibilities)

As the Directorate Lead for Psychology and Specialist Psychological Therapies within the Mental Health Directorate, the role is responsible for leading psychology and psychotherapy services across Mental Health Services for Older People, specialist psychotherapy services, and all psychology and psychological therapy pathways within Planned Care, Urgent Care and Inpatient Services. Working as part of the Directorate Senior Management Team, the post holder collaborates with Clinical Leads to design, develop and deliver high-quality, accessible and integrated psychological services, while providing line management, budget oversight and strategic direction. The role also promotes psychologically informed and recovery-focused practice, provides advanced clinical leadership, ensures effective governance and supervision arrangements, supports training and professional development, and maintains high standards of psychological care and clinical practice across the Directorate.

We are looking for a forward-thinking consultant clinical Psychologist/Psychological Therapist with exceptional leadership and project management skills to lead Psychology and Specialist Psychological Therapy Services in the Mental Health Directorate, and to take a lead role in the design, development and implementation of the psychological therapy pathway within our directorate-wide transformation programme.

This post will provide direct line management and leadership to our Psychology and Psychological Therapy Services and pathways across DMH. This full-time 8D post is a key role in our mental health directorate management team and will report to the director of mental health services. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate your leadership and clinical skills, including some direct clinical interventions together with consultation, training, supervision and reflective practice.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information including AI in our recruitment process can be found in the Information for Applicants document attached.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.