Job summary
We are seeking a senior clinical psychologist with an interest in working with cardiac patients to join the Directorate of Psychology. If you have experience of working remotely to effectively deliver psychological interventions and a demonstrable ability to adapt your practice to changing service needs we would be interested in your application.

Main duties of the job

• To support the vision and aims of the Directorate of Psychology at BTH.
• As a member of the Directorate of Psychology you will deliver psychological interventions with patients and where appropriate carers and staff to further the psychological wellbeing of patients.
• To undertake 1:1 and group based psychological interventions with patients under the care of the Lancashire Cardiac Centre.
• To deliver reflective practice and consultation sessions as required.
• To take part in clinical supervision as both supervisor and supervisee relevant to service need.

About us
You will be joining a welcoming Directorate of Psychology and work with the Cardiac Psychology service Lead and Head of Directorate to develop provision into a context where we have developed new ways of working, such as the Psychological Integration and Triage meeting model which supports excellent liaison and Team working with Talking Therapies colleagues, while ensuring specialist psychological provision can be accessed as effectively as possible.

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year pa
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 382-NBC170-26
Closing date: 28 October 2026

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed breakdown of the responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification
Training and Qualifications

• Essential: D.Clin.Psy or equivilent
• Essential: HCPC registration
• Desirable: achieved

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working remotely with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course, and with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity
• Essential: Post-qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist (or equivalent) within the NHS
• Desirable: Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Skills and Knowledge

• Essential: Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Essential: Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively
• Essential: Ability to plan and prioritise own clinical workload and research programmes.

Personal

• Essential: Ability to sustain intense levels of concentration, responding and participating as required.
• Essential: Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.
• Essential: Ability to cope with unpleasant working environments or conditions
• Essential: Ability to cope in, and deal with, highly distressing emotional circumstances.

Other

• Essential: Ability to teach, train & supervise others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• Essential: Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Essential: Computer literate, familiar with word, PowerPoint and other relevant software packages such as SPSS.

Employer details
Employer name: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: BTH, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, FY3 8NR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Head of the Directorate of Psychology, Dr Lyn Sutcliffe, lyn.sutcliffe1@nhs.net, 01253955713

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).