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The Role
The post holder will take a lead role in the clinical and strategic development of the TESS service and wider NHS Lanarkshire Eating Disorder pathway. They will work to ensure the delivery of a psychologically informed, clinically effective, and high quality service for people with eating disorders and their families/loved ones. There will be a significant leadership component to the post which will include clinical and strategic leadership across the team, and professional leadership of the psychological therapists, and operational management of the delivery of psychological interventions within the team.
TESS is a multi-disciplinary team that provides direct clinical care to people experiencing a severe eating disorder, and their families/loved ones. Additionally, there is an adapted service pathway for young adults in order to promote early intervention. A key remit of the service is to provide input to other ties of the NHS Lanarkshire ED pathway via training, consultation and supervision.
A central part of this Consultant level role will be leading on the strategic vision of the TESS service, in partnership with key stakeholders. This will involve marrying the application of National (and local) policies and drivers to meet local need. The post holder will ensure psychologically informed service delivery across the MDT and take a key role in supporting staff development. There will be considerable scope for innovative service development, focus on quality improvement, and service related research. They will also carry a clinical caseload appropriate to the demands of the role, alongside the delivery of supervision, consultation, training and coaching.
The post holder will work in close partnership with the TESS nursing team lead who takes line management responsibility for the staff within the service.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
Doctorate in Clinical/Counselling Psychology or equivalent recognised by the British Psychological Society and registered with the HCPC
Maintain continuing professional development i.e. formal and informal postgraduate training, additional clinical experience etc. in the context of current British Psychological Society and HCPC guidelines
Further postgraduate training in supervision of trainee clinical/ counselling psychologists and Clinical Associates in Applied Psychology
Accredited supervisor
It would be great if you also have
Post Qualification training/CPD in Leadership
Experience in Leadership role within patient / client group setting
Expert knowledge of Eating Disorders and related co-morbid conditions
Contract type
Permanent
Part Time
22.5 hours
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Tertiary Eating Disorder Specialist Service within the Buchanan Centre
The working pattern for this rolewill be Monday - Sunday.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Jo Waine, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Head of Psychological Specialities - 01698 752390
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lewis Melvin, HR Recruitment Systems and Project Lead on Lewis.Melvin@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
Proposed interview date - 7th March 2024
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
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