Senior Clinical Psychologist

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 09 February 2026

If you have a passion for delivering high quality Clinical Psychology provision into mental health services, this could be the post you are looking for.

We are seeking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic Senior Clinical Psychologist with an ability to deliver high quality psychological services to clients of the Pain Management Service. As part of a newly developing team of psychologists, you would be supported to develop new and innovative interventions at an individual and group clinical level, and at a teams level. A knowledge or awareness of appropriate psychological models for formulation based interventions appropriate for clients with complex pain states and mental health presentations is required.

You will be supported and led by an 8b Clinical Psychologist Lead for the provision of psychology services in the Pain Management Service.

To contribute to the strategic planning of psychological services with the aim of maintaining high levels of psychosocial care for patients who experience persistent pain conditions, taking a lead and working with and supporting psychology colleagues and the MDT.

To work across organisational boundaries in order to lead and ensure the delivery of a coordinated psychological service for patients who experience complex health needs in relation to their conditions.

To provide expertise in the application of psychological theories, models and approaches to the service.

To contribute to in-service training and supervision of multidisciplinary staff in relation to psychological issues.

To carry a caseload of patients, providing expert specialist advice, psychological treatment and consultancy to patients within the service and integrated within the multidisciplinary team.

To work, with the direction of the Head of the Psychology Directorate, as an autonomous professional ensuring that the guidelines and the overall framework of policies and procedures within the Psychology Directorate, the PMS and the Trust are adhered to.

To be individually responsible for clinical decisions reached and take full responsibility for working with complex presentations utilising specialist knowledge in psychological approaches to the management of persistent pain conditions.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust already employs a number of experienced clinical psychologists working in other services such as the specialist physical health services covering cardiac, cancer, haematology, chronic pain, cystic fibrosis and critical care, adult mental health, the acquired brain injury service and CAMHS.

Networking and attendance at joint training events is encouraged and there are good links already established between these teams.

We employ more than 6,500 staff, and if you have the right skills and values we would love you to be one of them.

Informal enquiries about the post are welcome; the psychology team would also be happy to arrange a visit if you like to find out more about us.

Clinical

Working within a specialised clinical area, as directed by the Head of the Psychology Directorate, and led by the Lead clinician - to respond appropriately to referrals, carrying individual accountability for clinical decisions and taking responsibility for working with complex psychological and physical presentations.

To jointly plan, deliver and evaluate specialised formulation-driven treatment plans in a team-based approach in conjunction with other multidisciplinary team members, providing expertise and advice to facilitate effective and appropriate provision of psychological care by all team members.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessments of patients referred to the service, based on appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources (including psychometric measures, rating scales, neuropsychological tests, direct and indirect observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the patients care). To provide feedback on the outcome of the assessment to patient/carers.

This can involve providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information with the need to use a high level of interpersonal and effective communication skills in a sometimes hostile and highly emotive atmosphere, requiring frequent intense concentration. To summarise for multidisciplinary colleagues the outcomes of assessments, formulation and treatment. To work to engage patients in decision-making and in the assessment, formulation and intervention process, as appropriate.

To formulate and implement plans for psychological therapy and / or management of a…