Job reference: 244567
Salary: Band 8B (£76,888 - £82,251)
Job closing date: 23/04/2026
Job Type: Other Therapeutic
Location: Lauriston Building
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 14.4
Job posted date: 09/04/2026
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: CAMHS

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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.

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.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

This is a newly developed B8b 0.4wte, permanent Psychology team lead post within CAMHS South Edinburgh that will sit alongside the current Psychology team lead, Dr Jennifer Scott, Consultant Clinical Psychologist (0.4wte) in jointly providing psychology leadership within CAMHS South Edinburgh. This is an exciting career development opportunity for the postholder to broaden leadership skills and management experience, as well as their clinical leadership.

If you are interested and would like further information about the post and the team, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Jennifer Scott, Jennifer.Scott@nhs.scot or Dr Gill Kidd, Head of CAMHS Psychology, Gill.Kidd@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.

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