Job summary
LSCFT is an organisation that recognises and values the contribution of clinical psychology in the delivery of high quality services. Psychology provision within inpatient services is established, well regarded and highly valued. This is demonstrated by the considerable investment into inpatient psychology provision.

An opportunity has arisen for a WTE band 7 psychologist to join our Whalley site for one year to offer backfill for a maternity leave. We require a motivated and dynamic Clinical Psychologists to join our team offering input to adult mental health inpatient facilities within Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. This post is based at our Whalley site in the Pennine Locality.Lancashire and South Cumbia is a diverse geographical area to live and work. We have good motorway and rail links, vibrant urban cities, rolling countryside and beautiful coastline all within easy travel distance. We believe it is a great place to live and has something for everyone.Here at LSCFT we are a dedicated and passionate community of psychological professionals. We are committed to staff support and CPD and encourage opportunities for colleagues to undertake innovative work where appropriate to their job roles. There are Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and peer support groups for a range of therapy models and presentations.

Main duties of the job
You will also have access to individual clinical supervision and CPD in-line with professional requirements, and will be supported to develop your own supervision skills. As an organisation, we are passionate about contributing to research and evidence-based practice as well as developing the next generation of clinicians and leaders, you will be supported to develop a specialist interest in an area relevant to your work. We would love to hear about this in the application process. You will therefore have opportunities for research, teaching, training and supervising clinical psychology trainees on placements and completing theses/ service research projects. We have an annual psychological professionals' conference as well as Trust support for innovative psychological practice as supported by our psychological professionals' governance group. We aim to provide a culture of unity and joined up working with colleagues and we feel there is a strong sense of community and psychological identity here.If you are considering a psychological profession's post here at LSCFT we encourage you to contact us and we would be very happy to talk further about this available opportunity - we look forward to hearing from you!

About us
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Details
Date posted: 03 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 351-PEN1172-CL-A
Job locations: Pennine Inpatient Psychology Service, Mitton Road, Whalley, BB7 9PE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential

• Doctoral level training in clinical psychology or equivalent for those who trained prior to 1996, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and Neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.

Knowledge
Essential

• Doctoral level knowledge of research methodology, research design and complex, multivariate data analysis as practiced within the clinical fields of psychology.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of patients across a range of care settings.
• Experience of working with a wide variety of patient groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
• Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
• Keyboard skills sufficient to enter data/write reports

Work Related Circumstances
Essential

• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
• 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.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

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

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.