Senior Clinical Psychologist

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 jobTo support the vision and aims of the Directorate of Psychology  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

BandBand 8aSalary
57,528 to 64,750 a year

pa

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number
382-NBC
170-26

Job locationsBTHWhinney Heys RoadBlackpoolFY3 8NR
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

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

EssentialD.Clin.

Psy or equivilentHCPC registrationDesirableachieved

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

Post-qualification experience of working as a clinical psychologist (or equivalent) within the NHSDesirable

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.

Well-developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively

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.

Ability to self-reflect and use clinical supervision appropriately.

Ability to cope with unpleasant working environments or conditions

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.

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.

Computer literate, familiar with word, PowerPoint and other relevant software packages such as SPSS.
Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

EssentialD.Clin.

Psy or equivilentHCPC registrationDesirableachieved

Experience

Essential

Experience of working…