About The Organisation

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 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.

The Role

To be responsible for providing and developing Clinical Psychology services for older people within the agreed localities of NHS Lanarkshire. To contribute to the provision and development of Clinical Psychology services for older people in other areas of NHS Lanarkshire

In this key role, you will:

Autonomous psychological assessment, formulation and treatment of older people’s mental health problems. This covers a broad range of difficulties including, but not limited to, anxiety, depression, childhood sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, adjustment to physical health problems, pathological grief reaction, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. This also includes neuropsychological evaluation of suspected cognitive impairment.

Psychological formulation involves taking into account complex information from many sources (e.g. client, carer, staff) and utilising several theoretical frameworks (e.g. CBT, solution-focused, counselling, attachment theory) to develop a shared understanding with the client of the development and maintenance of their difficulties, and using this to collaboratively design and empirically based intervention.

What You'll Bring:

Good Honours degree in psychology (2.1 or above)

Post graduate doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Registered with the Health Professions Council as a Clinical Psychologist

Post qualification training in clinical supervision accredited by a relevant training course

Post-qualification experience (or equivalent) of supervised clinical practice

Experience of working with older people

A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Andrew Wood, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, on andrew.wood@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk