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NHS LOTHIAN
Professional Lead and Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Edinburgh Psychological Therapies Service
Band 8C
29.7 Hours
Permanent
Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Clinical Psychologist to provide a high quality, service for General Adult Mental Health Services in Edinburgh.
The post holder will work alongside a second Consultant to lead the ongoing development and provision of the general Adult Mental Health Psychological Therapies service, supporting a large team of clinicians to provide psychological therapy to an adult population with wide ranging psychological needs.
This post is responsible for the systematic provision, governance, and quality of psychological interventions for this client group in NHS Lothian and the postholder will need to work within professional guidelines.
In addition, there is a need to provide teaching, supervision, consultancy and research expertise to Clinical Psychology trainees and other MDT professionals, and to contribute to the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service. There is a requirement to utilise high level research skills for audit, policy, and service development as a requirement of the job.
There are close links with both the wider Psychology Services within NHS Lothian and the University of Edinburgh, with opportunities for research and continuing professional development.
For further information please contact Dr Katharine Russell, Head of Complex Care (Katharine.Russell@nhs.scot) or Dr Norma Martin, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (norma.martin2@nhs.scot).
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board
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.