Specialist Clinical Psychologist – Acute & Crisis Care

Go back Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Clinical Psychologist

The closing date is 15 February 2026

We are looking for an experienced Clinical Psychologist to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment to cover maternity leave from May 2026. You will be responsible for the autonomous provision of a specialist psychological service for service users on Castle Ward, Lincoln (a female acute inpatient ward) and the Grantham Crisis Team.

You will provide expert psychological services to clients, and to other agencies and professions, and clinical leadership in respect of psychological aspects of service planning, co-ordination, and management as agreed with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

We are a long-established psychology department consisting of eight psychologists working across LPFT acute, rehabilitation and low secure wards, and the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment teams across the county. We value CPD within the department, and are keen support ongoing learning and development.

Applications are invited from candidates who would like to help improve our patient experience within the acute care pathway. This is an exciting and challenging role which will afford the successful candidate the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team that is focused on delivering high standards of care through evidence-based practice.

To lead on the psychological assessment and treatment for patients.

To contribute to risk assessments for individuals referred to the service.

To formulate and implement plans for the psychological treatment and/or management of patients' mental health and the presenting problem(s), based upon the appropriate theoretical and conceptual framework of the patient's problems, via the employment of methods based upon evidence-based practice and efficacy.

To provide the psychological components of multidisciplinary work, and to lead such interventions when the major components are psychological.

To provide clinical supervision, reflective practice and support to staff in the acute pathway as required.

To sit on relevant committees/projects/working groups of the Trust as required.

To support the Continuing Professional Development of more junior psychologists working in the department.

To provide educational inputs to other professionals and to the staff of other agencies as required.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive.

We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitto find out more.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Free eye tests

Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

• Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and life-span developmental psychology as accredited by the BPS.
• Chartered Psychologist Status
• Registered with HCPC
• Post-qualification further training in a specialist therapy
• Training in one other related model of intervention

• Post qualification experience working with adults who access a psychological…