Job Description

Job Overview

We are delighted to advertise an exciting opportunity within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Psychology in Leicester. This is a permanent part time lead role within our inpatient service and is an exciting role for developing psychology input to our two functional mental health wards at the Bennion Centre at Glenfield Hospital, and our two organic wards at the Evington Centre at Leicester General Hospital.


The successful applicant will join the existing MHSOP Inpatient Psychology team, including Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP), Assistant Psychologist, and Trainees, and two Clinical Psychologists on a weekly sessional basis alongside input to MHSOP Psychology Community Services.


MHSOP Psychology has well-developed relationships with the inpatient MDT, and there is plenty of scope for both leading on and contributing to service improvement and development projects within the service, as well as routinely inputting to MDT discussion, consultation and team formulation.


The MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Team works alongside the MHSOP Community Psychology Team with regular opportunities for peer support, CPD, and further relevant training.


MHSOP Psychology has strong links with the wider LPT Psychology and Psychological Therapies community, providing opportunity for shared learning, support, and development.


MHSOP Psychology has excellent links with the Leicester Doctoral Training Course, with opportunities for providing teaching, contributing to reflective practice, and supervising service evaluation and research projects


.The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.


We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support Various Staff Support Networks

Contact Details:

Catherine Sutton, catherine.sutton5@nhs.net, 07971 902 561

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The post-holder will provide a highly specialist clinical psychology service to patients referred to the MHSOP Psychology Inpatient Service, working with people with functional based mental health problems, with scope to develop our service for people with organic problems, such as dementia. The post-holder will offer advice and consultation on patient's psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues, and where appropriate deliver psychological assessments (including neuropsychological assessment) and interventions; working autonomously within professional guidelines and the Trust policies, procedures and service priorities. The post-holder will manage, and offer clinical supervision to less senior psychologists working in the MHSOP Inpatient Psychology Service.


The post-holder will participate fully in multidisciplinary clinical teams, ensuring effective systems are in place for the management of referrals to the service and workload of team members to ensure timely and appropriate care is provided. With the support of the Consultant Clinical Psychologist for MHSOP, to develop and provide innovative services to meet the psychological needs of patients referred to the service in accordance with evidence-based practice. The post-holder will be capable of conducting projects, working independently with only general briefings and working directly with senior managers.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.