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Advance your Career as a Psychological Therapist in Aberdeenshire.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Psychological Therapist to work in the Aberdeenshire Primary Care Psychological Therapies Service on a permanent basis.
This post is primarily aimed at providing a service for adults with common mild to moderate mental health problems (Tier 2) presenting in Primary Care. The post holder will join a growing team of Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, Psychological Therapists and Wellbeing Workers based in various locations across Aberdeenshire. The posts are supported by Clinical Supervision and professional management from a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen and will be line managed by Team Leaders within the service.
Work will be a combination of face to face sessions within GP surgeries, other Primary Care health facilities as well a remote appointments, working from home, using NHS Attend Anywhere.
The role will involve assessing and providing psychological therapy for patients with a range of mild to moderate mental health problems including depression and a range of anxiety disorders. These interventions will be in line with best practice as identified by The Matrix and will be delivered on a 1-1 basis as well as within groups. The Psychological Therapist will work closely with other Psychological Therapists in the team and will provide guidance support and potentially supervision for the Wellbeing Workers. There will also be an expectation that the post holder will develop strong links with Social Care and Third Sector partners.
The post holder will have high level skills in psychological therapy, having obtained, for example, an MSc in Psychological Therapy in Primary Care or a PG Diploma in CBT (or equivalent, see Person Specification for more details). Post qualification experience would be desirable but is not essential, providing their training has included substantial clinical placement practice. As this post covers a wide geographical area a driving license and access to a car are essential.
This post, which offers the opportunity to advance your career in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is close to the Cairngorms and Aberdeen, a lovely granite city set on stunning coastline populated by dolphins. For those with family Aberdeen boasts some of the best schools in Scotland whilst the local economy provides a range of job opportunities for partners. Aberdeen is situated in the North East of Scotland but with an easily accessible airport just fifteen minutes from the city centre it is no problem to stay connected to the whole of the UK and beyond.
An attractive relocation allowance of up to £8,000 is available to successful candidates
Interviews will take place on Tuesday 28 April 2026
To discuss this post further please contact Alison Smith on alison.smith3@nhs.scot or Hayley McDonald on hayley.mcdonald2@nhs.scot, team leads for the PCPT team
**Please note this post may close early due to volumne of applications.**
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.
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As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
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