Specialist Senior Clinical Psychologist
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Healthcare
Psychology, Mental Health
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Main area Psychologist Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri between 8.30am and 5pm) Job
-S8043850
Site NWSIC Town Southport Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59
Job overviewSenior Clinical Psychologist - Band 8a
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a newly forming psychology team developed for the North West Spinal Injuries Centre. You will work clinically with spinal injuries patients in line with national spinal standards, onto the inpatient ward, have opportunity to support outreach work, outpatients and work with spinal MDT colleagues to increase the psychological mindedness of the whole service.
You will be part of a broader network of multi-specialist Psychologists across MWL who pride themselves on being high quality and dynamic.
Southport is a lovely place to live and work.
A seaside town with thriving businesses and a great welcoming and friendly culture.
Our psychology workforce are all trained in EMDR and the successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to be trained in EMDR too once these pathways are established for our spinal injury service users.
Interviews will take place w/c 30th November, 2026
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are submit to change
Main duties of the job- To provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to inpatients within the NWSIC, across the acute and rehabilitation wards with some outreach where clinically indicated
- To lead on the ongoing development and delivery of a highly specialist clinical psychology service to the paediatric and young person’s SCI rehabilitation service and supervise junior colleagues as needed
- To deliver highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment to adult inpatients at the NSIC, on an individual and group basi
- To provide advice and consultation regarding inpatients psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues
- To provide consultation to the NSIC outreach service regarding admission of inpatients with complex psychological / psychiatric needs
- To contribute to the strategic planning of clinical psychology services within the NSIC, including leading upon the ongoing development and delivery of the paediatric psychology service within the NSIC, with the aim of maintain high levels of psychosocial care for patients
- To represent Clinical Psychology in aspects of the NWSIC’s wider organisational development and as part of MWL Psychology.
- To contribute to the planning, development and delivery of the Department’s teaching and training commitments
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at…
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