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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
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.
Part time: 26/week. The shift pattern is between Mon – Fri 9am-5pm Please note the salary is Pro Rata) for part time hours.
We are advertising a 0.70wte Clinical Psychologist post (Band 8A), working within East Renfrewshire Integrated Learning Disability Service. Applications are welcomed from current 3rd year trainee clinical psychologists. There may be the opportunity to pick up additional sessions across the Board area for those who would prefer full-time employment.
The post-holder will provide a specialised clinical psychology service to clients of East Renfrewshire Integrated Learning Disability Team. The team is a well-staffed, integrated health and social work team. They will deliver highly specialised psychological assessment and therapy at the same time as offering advice and consultation on clients’ psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and service providers, working autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the team’s policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research. The post-holder will be expected to have experience of working with a wide variety of client groups and exercising full clinical responsibility for clients’ psychological care and treatment.
The post-holder will have regular access to clinical and peer supervision from other Psychologists in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. They will be able to take advantage of close links with the University of Glasgow DClinPsy training programme, and will be able to undertake training (if not already completed) to be eligible to supervise clinical psychology trainees. Teaching opportunities are also available. There are excellent CPD opportunities available from within the wider Learning Disability Service and also via NES, and we encourage all members of staff to take advantage of these as much as possible. This post is a great opportunity to be part of a developing psychology service, and the post holder will play a key role in the wider provision and development of the Learning Disability service. There are many service development and leadership opportunities available both locally and Board wide.
We would be happy to discuss any specific areas of interest with you so that we can adapt the post to meet these if possible and if these are relevant to the service’s needs.
Applicants must be doctorate (or equivalent) level Clinical Psychologists, and should be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Informal Contact: Dr Fiona Cuthill, Fiona.cuthill@ggc.scot.nhs.uk, 0141 207 7800
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
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