Job Advert
NHS STATE HOSPITAL BOARD
Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Band 8C
1 WTE posts (Part-time considered)
Psychology Department
The State Hospital
The State Hospital Psychology Department is pleased to be able to advertise for a permanent Consultant Clinical Psychologist at band 8C to join its highly motivated team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a unique environment.
The State Hospital provides high secure care for patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our vision is to excel in the provision of high secure forensic mental health services, to develop and support the work of the Forensic Network, and to strive at being an exemplar employer.
The psychology department delivers high quality psychological assessments and comprehensive risk assessments as well as delivering a range of individual and group psychological interventions across four service areas. This post will have a lead role in one of those service areas and will oversee and manage the psychology team members in their hub/ service area. The psychology team work closely with colleagues from other disciplines and the postholder will be part of the service leadership team, as well as having wider departmental and Board wide responsibilities.
Due to being a national service the post comes with opportunities that may not be available in other Health Boards.
There are close links with stakeholder services including the East of Scotland Clinical Psychology Training course, Medium and Low secure forensic services as well as the other UK High Secure Hospitals. We are pleased to have close links with the Forensic Network and support the work that they do across the country which also provides additional opportunities. The service is committed to supporting and developing its staff team.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Liz Flynn Head of Psychology on 01555 842055.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.