Last Updated on 02/08/2023
Please note that this policy only applies to trainees whose contracts ended between 08/01/2018 and 20/06/23
Full-time trainees on the programme are employed on a three year NHS contract. For part-time trainees this is adjusted according to the trainee’s full time equivalent. If a trainee intercalates from study, for maternity leave for example, then the contract date is extended to cover the period of intercalation. It is anticipated that trainees will meet all the conditions for the award of DClinPsy by the end of their contract. However, for some, there remain elements of the award to complete following the conclusion of the NHS contract. Typically, this completion can occur within three months of the end date of the NHS contract. However, if a trainee has yet to meet all conditions for award after three months from the end of contract, they will be liable to pay additional fees to cover any continued training. There are two different contexts where additional fees may be applied:
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Incomplete academic submissions
Full-time trainees, who have not completed the required academic submissions, will be charged £230 for the first year from Dec 1st of the scheduled year of graduation. Any trainees who have yet to complete at the end of this first year are charged a further £465 from the following December. Trainees who enter a third year of study after the end of their NHS contract are charged a further £930 in post contract fees.
Bespoke pathway trainees will be charged from three months after their contract ends (in accordance with the time they have spent intercalated). That is during intercalation “the clock stops”. The fee will be as above for these students once they have completed their contracts.
The DClinPsy post contract fees should not be confused with “writing up fees” as per University documentation. DClinPsy trainees are not liable for “writing up fees”.
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Incomplete clinical experience
Trainees require a minimum of five Supervisors Assessment of Trainee (SAT) forms, rated as satisfactory, in order to meet clinical conditions for the award of DClinPsy. In the situation where this is not the case trainees will be given the option to sign an honorary contract with Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in order to complete their placement experience. If an honorary contract is required for three months or less following the end date of their training contract there will be no additional fee to pay. Following this, a fee of £265 per every three additional months will be charged.
It may be the case that an individual is required to both complete academic submissions and gain additional clinical experience in order to fulfil the conditions for the award of DClinPsy. In this situation they will be liable to pay both sets of fees as outlined above.
Trainees cannot qualify for the award of the DClinPsy if any fees have yet to be paid.