Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Psychologist
The closing date is 26 November 2026

Job summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children and young people, and their families?

Do you have a passion and enthusiasm for supporting young people to improve their mental health and reach their potential?

Has the pandemic made you re-evaluate what's important and made you think about where you want to work?

Covid has had a huge impact on the lives of young people in this country. Referral rates to CAMHS are rising, compared to before the pandemic. There is much work to be done and we need clinicians who want to make a positive difference to the lives of young people.

We are looking to recruit a Band 7 Clinical Psychologist to Lancaster and Morecambe CAMHS / Children's Psychological Service (CPS). We are a part of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a qualified specialist clinical psychology service to children, young people and their families, within Lancaster and Morecambe CYPMHS.
• To provide specialist psychological assessment, formulation and psychological therapy.
• To offer advice and consultation to non-psychological colleagues and to other non-professional carers.
• To work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the CYPMHS and the Trust's policies and procedures.
• To utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development within the area served by the service.

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: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 351-BAY1141-JD
Job locations: Harvey House, Lancaster, LA4 5LE, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Doctoral level training (or equivalent) in clinical psychology, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology, as accredited by the BPS.
• Eligibility for registration with the HCPC as a Practitioner Psychologist (Clinical)

Knowledge

• Essential: Knowledge of child protection and accompanying policies / procedures and the implementation of these clinically.
• Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and / or clinically sensitive information to children, their families, carers and other professional colleagues, both inside and outside the NHS.
• 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 children, young people and their families across a range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care and in-patient 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.

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Harvey House, Lancaster, LA4 5LE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Principal Clinical Psychologist, Dr Claire Nicholls, 01524550650

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