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Practitioner Psychologist (Preceptorship)
Change Grow Live
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3.5
199 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 3TG
£45,583.51 - £52,379.50 a year
Permanent
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£45,583.51 - £52,379.50 a year
Permanent
199 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 3TG

Full job description

Overview:

Service Based – Practitioner Psychologist (Preceptorship)

Based in a local delivery hub

Change Grow Live Salary Scale – Scale points 40-46 – during preceptorship, rising to Scale points 47-54 - on completion

This role provides an exciting opportunity for a newly or recently qualified HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist to progress their career through a structured and supported preceptorship scheme. Change Grow Live’s Preceptorship Process provides the opportunity for this role to demonstrate competence and confidence across a wide range of domains as you become more established in your career, with a defined pathway through to a Highly Specialist Practitioner Psychologist post. This is covered under a separate job description, but successful completion of the internal preceptorship process will result in you moving to that higher grade within your existing service. Change Grow Live will enable you to further develop your skills and provide ongoing opportunities for professional development.
We would welcome applications from trainee Practitioner Psychologists due to complete training in 2026, as well as more experienced Practitioner Psychologists.
It is anticipated that the preceptorship process is achievable within 18 months – 3 years, dependent on the experience of the successful candidate.

Location – covering a service/s – Blackpool
  • Based from a local delivery hub – Blackpool
  • Contracted Hours – 37.5 hours
  • Category – Clinical/Managerial
  • Type of contract – Permanent - with opportunity to progress upon formally assessed completion of an approximate two-year preceptorship programme


Responsibilities:
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Are you a qualified Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist?

Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to work in an environment where you can use your clinical skills and your creativity to achieve the best for people?

An opportunity has arisen for a Qualified Practitioner Psychologist to become a part of our multidisciplinary team, delivering comprehensive assessment, formulation and recovery focused interventions to the people who access our services.

Under the supervision of a senior registered Psychologist, you will be part of our national Psychology Team with multiple opportunities for reflective practice, peer support, research, and CPD.

Having qualified you will be supported to complete our preceptorship programme over a maximum period of two years and upon successful completion there will be an opportunity for you to progress within your role, with an ongoing Highly Qualified Practitioner Psychologist opportunity.

You will ensure that people who access our services receive high quality care that adheres to best practice and evidence-based guidelines, improving the psychological well-being of people in our care.

Our model emphasises physical, psychological, and emotional safety and helps people to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment in their lives and in their communities. The post holder will work to ensure that psychological perspectives are central to everyone’s thinking. They will support the empowerment of teams and individuals to increase knowledge, skills, and professional confidence around the needs of the people who access our services. The post holder will help the wider team create an innovative and effective trauma-informed service which adheres to recommended evidence base.


A note about using AI in your application

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.
There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.


If you are a Trainee Psychologist, we appreciate that you may not be able to demonstrate examples of the essential criteria in the job description and this will not affect your application. Please state clearly in either your personal statement or on your CV that you are still in training.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 40 to 46 (£45,583.51 - £52,379.50) ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date: 12/11/2026 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Andrew Tye | Andrew.Tye2@cgl.org.uk : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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