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The hours of this post are worked Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a new 24 bedded community custody unit for women in GG&C. The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a highly specialist psychological assessment and treatment service for the women in the unit. The post holder will be integral to shaping the new clinical model and providing training and supervision to NHS and SPS staff. The post holder will work alongside the wider peripatetic clinical psychology team that provides psychological services to the three GG&C prisons. The Clinical Psychology Interventions Service in prison healthcare operates within the Adult Mental Health Services of NHSGGC. The service provides psychological assessment and treatment for people with mental disorder who may present a risk of serious harm to themselves and/or others. Referrals to the service are currently accepted from NHS colleagues, criminal justice social workers and forensic psychologists.
Members of the service lead on or contribute to various aspects of the running of prison healthcare and contribute similarly to the wider psychology network across the NHS Greater Glagsow & Clyde area, according to their managerial, research or clinical expertise. There are close links with the University of Glasgow Clinical Psychology Training Programme and members of the psychology service contribute to the teaching, support and supervision of trainees. It is essential you have a Post-graduate doctoral level training in clinical psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) as accredited by the BPS or HCPC, including specifically models of psychopathology, clinical psychometrics and neuropsychology, two or more distinct psychological therapies and lifespan developmental psychology with current Registration with the HCPC as a clinical psychologist. You should also have significant supervised clinical psychology practice experience in NHS or equivalent by a suitably qualified Clinical Psychologist.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum essential criteria for this 8a position, but are eligible for appointment at Band 7, will be considered for a Band 7 Development post if there are no suitable candidates at 8a. As this is not a full time post additional sessions may be negotiable'
If you would like to discuss this position or the potential development post further please contact:
Dr Claire Maclean, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, (claire.maclean@ggc.scot.nhs.uk)
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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