Senior Clinical Psychologist | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic psychologist with experience of working in physical healthcare to join our well-established, supportive and welcoming Clinical Health Psychology Service. We have good resources for CPD and strong links to Liverpool University, offering opportunities to getting involved in teaching, research and trainee placements.

Liverpool is a great place to live, with fantastic energy and humour, a vibrant cultural life and easy access to the mountains and the sea. We can also offer beautiful architecture, lots of open space, good schools and a lower than average cost of living.

We would welcome applications from applicants wishing to combine this opportunity with others available within our Trust, Please do get in touch if you would like to discuss how this might work for you,

** AFC Annex 21 conditions will be considered**

In this role, you will work directly with people who are living with stroke in an acute and hyper-acute setting, and provide some input into A&E. You will also collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines and contribute to service development.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.

Within this role, you will provide Psychology service to patients following stroke across inpatient and outpatient services, as well as maintaining a small provision into A&E. You will have the opportunity to work directly with patients on adjustment post-stroke, assessment of cognition and supporting rehabilitation, as well as working indirectly with the stroke-specialist MDT. You will have the opportunity to provide education, training and consultation, as well as contributing to the evaluation and development of the service.

You will also have the opportunity to supervise junior Psychology colleagues. The post-holder will be well-supported, with supervision and support from senior psychology colleagues, and Consultant Clinical Psychologist

This advert closes on Friday 31 Jul 2026